CVE-2026-72276fbdev: metronomefb: fix potential memory leak in metronomefb_probe()
- —Not scoredno CVSS score yet
- 0.21%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 88% 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: metronomefb: fix potential memory leak in metronomefb_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().
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 6 days later
· 6 days later
Published
- 3 months later
· 3 months 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)
- 0.21% · top 88% of all CVEs (15 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Not scored.
Affected products
- affected 186b89659c4c67cccead52961eab0ca3b23951dc – < 77e26383083c59a67244fcf2e70eecd354451906
- affected 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31 – < f779bd494f9521f89bfd4ce23953f3527341e9fd
- affected 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31 – < 01708cf3dca2f88eca26269521cbcc8e2f054ee4
- affected 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31 – < d54bb39cd34f44b32d5c4a8416fff8b01a9e76be
- affected 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31 – < 6854cf33dddb212bd7c3d69189623876e7334075
- affected 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31 – < a889978ec44fe33edb3fb7140dcbbb8e6465c1cb
- affected 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31 – < 894632b862a39b3fe1cb5de06fbae86225ea64de
- affected 5.15.149 – < 5.15.212
- affected 5.19
- unaffected < 5.19
- 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
References7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77e26383083c59a67244fcf2e70eecd354451906 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f779bd494f9521f89bfd4ce23953f3527341e9fd (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01708cf3dca2f88eca26269521cbcc8e2f054ee4 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d54bb39cd34f44b32d5c4a8416fff8b01a9e76be (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6854cf33dddb212bd7c3d69189623876e7334075 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a889978ec44fe33edb3fb7140dcbbb8e6465c1cb (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/894632b862a39b3fe1cb5de06fbae86225ea64de (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-2026-59175 (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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