Bug 2516726 (CVE-2026-72275) - CVE-2026-72275 kernel: fbdev: broadsheetfb: fix potential memory leak in broadsheetfb_probe()
Summary: CVE-2026-72275 kernel: fbdev: broadsheetfb: fix potential memory leak in broa...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-72275
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:27 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-18 18:41 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:27:52 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fbdev: broadsheetfb: fix potential memory leak in broadsheetfb_probe()

The memory allocated for pagerefs in fb_deferred_io_init() is not freed
on the error path. Fix it by calling fb_deferred_io_cleanup().


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