CVE-2026-72265 in Linux

Riassunto

di MITRE • 15/08/2026

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().

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• Responsabile: Linux
• Prenotare: 09/08/2026
• Divulgazione: 15/08/2026
• Moderazione: accettato
• Voce: VDB-390671
• CPE: pronto
• CWE: CWE-401 (confermato)
• CVSS: 6.5 (VulDB)
• EPSS: 0.00000
• KEV: no
• Attività: molto basso
• Settore: Insurance, Education, ...

Fonti

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72265
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72265
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-72265/