CVE-2026-72265 in Linux

Sumário

de 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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• Responsável: Linux
• Reservar: 09/08/2026
• Divulgação: 15/08/2026
• Moderação: aceite
• Entrada: VDB-390671
• CPE: pronto
• CWE: CWE-401 (confirmado)
• CVSS: 6.5 (VulDB)
• EPSS: 0.00000
• KEV: não
• Atividades: muito baixo
• Sector: Transportation, Industry, ...

Fontes

• 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/