CVE-2026-72271fbdev: i740fb: fix potential memory leak in i740fb_probe()
- —Not scoredno CVSS score yet
- 0.22%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 87% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: i740fb: fix potential memory leak in i740fb_probe() In i740fb_probe(), the memory allocated in fb_videomode_to_modelist() for modelist is not freed in the error paths. Fix that by calling fb_destroy_modelist().
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 6 days later
· 6 days later
Published
- 2 days later
· 2 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
No CVSS score yet: neither the CNA, CISA nor NVD has scored this CVE. NVD status: Received.
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.22% · top 87% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Not scored.
Affected products
- affected 5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 – < d3776b1bf9c100873c7365bd31a67ed6caacbd82
- affected 5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 – < ccf073cd4a2f783adc40b04db3805dbddaaf9f31
- affected 5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 – < aebdbe61b3960cd22b8bb6e70e3d94fb3bbb202c
- affected 5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 – < e1ecbaeec5fbf0b0e2d5810ec574f762d148771e
- affected 5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 – < 3c0cf89b74e7b8ebc21a1542937c8e912d19f22b
- affected 5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 – < 146b708bc75f1e6cf70df31195632c9946cb70fd
- affected 5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 – < 2ede8fa708235c81ab18de14077f1a458bec7e22
- affected 5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 – < 5936063409af230a2c88b8700c47b89a19fd70b5
- affected 3.4
- unaffected < 3.4
- unaffected 5.10.261 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.212 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.178 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.145 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.12.97 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.18.40 – ≤ 6.18.*
- unaffected 7.1.5 – ≤ 7.1.*
- unaffected 7.2 – ≤ *
References
References8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3776b1bf9c100873c7365bd31a67ed6caacbd82 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ccf073cd4a2f783adc40b04db3805dbddaaf9f31 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aebdbe61b3960cd22b8bb6e70e3d94fb3bbb202c (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1ecbaeec5fbf0b0e2d5810ec574f762d148771e (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c0cf89b74e7b8ebc21a1542937c8e912d19f22b (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/146b708bc75f1e6cf70df31195632c9946cb70fd (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ede8fa708235c81ab18de14077f1a458bec7e22 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5936063409af230a2c88b8700c47b89a19fd70b5 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-59170 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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