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CVE-2026-72269— fbdev: uvesafb: fix potential memory leak in uvesafb_probe()

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Affected
Linux Linux
Exploitation
No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
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Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会开源的一个操作系统内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于错误的goto标签导致uvesafb_vbe_init()中为modedb和modelist分配的内存未在部分错误路径中释放，可能导致内存泄漏。

AI Predicted 5.5 Difficulty: Trivial EPSS 0.21% · P11

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1496 · Resource Hijacking

Affected Version Matrix 18

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux 8bdb3a2d7df48b861972c4bfb58490853a228f51< f413512c79c2d0012c6ed486e4025e1489e6d443 affected
8bdb3a2d7df48b861972c4bfb58490853a228f51< 61d46d6f5dc163aa5f3548633b5f392b021620ff affected
8bdb3a2d7df48b861972c4bfb58490853a228f51< 81985921e14f5b471fc0ffe990826d0bda52c0cf affected
8bdb3a2d7df48b861972c4bfb58490853a228f51< c53fdf7ee65af1b9b4566cc437d3754ce7b47118 affected
8bdb3a2d7df48b861972c4bfb58490853a228f51< c606c28085a3106c91c6d37bbbbf97b451d572ce affected
8bdb3a2d7df48b861972c4bfb58490853a228f51< 12fe6a56506ed3bf0aaf6130a29102ce1fce62da affected
8bdb3a2d7df48b861972c4bfb58490853a228f51< aa387a3e51808f580b51593e3c2f3d4703d91c1a affected
8bdb3a2d7df48b861972c4bfb58490853a228f51< 033e56fed09047ee63072e9f58789f40c1c7079d affected
… +10 more rows
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-72269

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Vulnerability Title
fbdev: uvesafb: fix potential memory leak in uvesafb_probe()
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
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.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会开源的一个操作系统内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于错误的goto标签导致uvesafb_vbe_init()中为modedb和modelist分配的内存未在部分错误路径中释放，可能导致内存泄漏。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
Linux Linux 8bdb3a2d7df48b861972c4bfb58490853a228f51 ~ f413512c79c2d0012c6ed486e4025e1489e6d443 -
Linux Linux 2.6.24 -

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Patches & Fixes for CVE-2026-72269 (8)

Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2026-08-15 · 845 CVEs total

CVE-2026-72408 10.0 CRITICAL geneve: gate GRO hint in geneve_gro_complete() on gs->gro_hint
CVE-2026-74309 10.0 CRITICAL vdpa/octeon_ep: fix IRQ-to-ring mapping in interrupt handler
CVE-2026-74280 10.0 CRITICAL crypto: marvell/octeontx - fix DMA cleanup using wrong loop index
CVE-2026-74279 10.0 CRITICAL crypto: cavium/cpt - fix DMA cleanup using wrong loop index
CVE-2026-72407 10.0 CRITICAL geneve: validate inner network offset in geneve_gro_complete()
CVE-2026-74475 10.0 CRITICAL vxlan: use neigh_ha_snapshot() in route_shortcircuit()
CVE-2026-72421 10.0 CRITICAL ipv4: fib: Don't ignore error route in local/main tables.
CVE-2026-72493 9.9 CRITICAL net: serialize netif_running() check in enqueue_to_backlog()
CVE-2026-72477 9.8 CRITICAL fs/ntfs3: call _ntfs_bad_inode() when failing to rename
CVE-2026-74474 9.8 CRITICAL vxlan: use pskb_network_may_pull() for transmit path header pulls
CVE-2026-74401 9.8 CRITICAL dlm: fix add msg handle in send_queue ordered
CVE-2026-74269 9.8 CRITICAL bnxt: fix head underflow on XDP head-grow
CVE-2026-72473 9.8 CRITICAL xprtrdma: Decouple req recycling from RPC completion
CVE-2026-72472 9.8 CRITICAL nfs: use nfsi->rwsem to protect traversal of the file lock list
CVE-2026-72466 9.8 CRITICAL xprtrdma: Fix bcall rep leak and unbounded peek
CVE-2026-72463 9.8 CRITICAL xfrm: Fix dev use-after-free in xfrm async resumption
CVE-2026-72129 9.8 CRITICAL nvmet-rdma: handle inline data with a nonzero offset
CVE-2026-72130 9.8 CRITICAL nvmet-auth: reject short AUTH_RECEIVE buffers
CVE-2026-74406 9.8 CRITICAL vxlan: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in vxlan_gro_prepare_receive().
CVE-2026-72209 9.8 CRITICAL ntfs: validate attribute values on lookup

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