CVE-2026-72269 in Linux

Riassunto

di MITRE • 15/08/2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fbdev: uvesafb: fix potential memory leak in uvesafb_probe()

Due to an incorrect goto label, memory allocated for modedb and modelist in uvesafb_vbe_init() is not freed in some error paths. Fix this by updating the goto label.

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• Responsabile: Linux
• Prenotare: 09/08/2026
• Divulgazione: 15/08/2026
• Moderazione: accettato
• Voce: VDB-390678
• CPE: pronto
• CWE: CWE-401 (confermato)
• CVSS: 5.3 (VulDB)
• EPSS: 0.00220
• KEV: no
• Attività: molto basso
• Settore: Industry, Transportation, ...

Fonti

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72269
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72269
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-72269/