Bug 2516393 (CVE-2026-72268) - CVE-2026-72268 kernel: fbdev: tdfxfb: fix potential memory leak in tdfxfb_probe()
Summary: CVE-2026-72268 kernel: fbdev: tdfxfb: fix potential memory leak in tdfxfb_pro...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-72268
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:10 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-18 08:56 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:10:08 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fbdev: tdfxfb: fix potential memory leak in tdfxfb_probe()

In tdfxfb_probe(), the memory allocated for modelist using
fb_videomode_to_modelist() when CONFIG_FB_3DFX_I2C is defined, is not
freed in the subsequent error paths.
Fix that by calling fb_destroy_modelist().
Comment 1 gkamathe 2026-08-18 08:48:34 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026081556-CVE-2026-72268-6e55@gregkh/T
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