Bug 2516547 (CVE-2026-72265) - CVE-2026-72265 kernel: fbdev: nvidia: fix potential memory leak in nvidiafb_probe()
Summary: CVE-2026-72265 kernel: fbdev: nvidia: fix potential memory leak in nvidiafb_p...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-72265
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:18 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-18 15:31 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:18:16 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fbdev: nvidia: fix potential memory leak in nvidiafb_probe()

In nvidiafb_probe(), the memory allocated for modelist in
nvidia_set_fbinfo() is not freed in the subsequent error paths.
Fix that by calling fb_destroy_modelist().
Comment 1 gkamathe 2026-08-18 15:20:24 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026081555-CVE-2026-72265-ff96@gregkh/T
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