Medium 5.5Published May 6, 2026

CVE-2026-43202fbdev: vt8500lcdfb: fix missing dma_free_coherent()

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 8:30 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: vt8500lcdfb: fix missing dma_free_coherent() fbi->fb.screen_buffer is allocated with dma_alloc_coherent() but is not freed if the error path is reached.

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: May 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from e7b995371fe1e29838321fcdc3cfe35bb0d6bfc4 before 9a9bc60ed372aaae9784ff8ad8e5f496ff15fd31; from e7b995371fe1e29838321fcdc3cfe35bb0d6bfc4 before 9c3873cccb3fab54cde0605ae7093d332c99073e; from e7b995371fe1e29838321fcdc3cfe35bb0d6bfc4 before 778f31be5b8c10024db23fdd8a05f68a02311008; from e7b995371fe1e29838321fcdc3cfe35bb0d6bfc4 before e8c5d5f6cd66e032f9aefdcc21b0c34761aef78a; from e7b995371fe1e29838321fcdc3cfe35bb0d6bfc4 before f47d5b9e8aa6178a0aaf225119ad1ec7d3f49876; from e7b995371fe1e29838321fcdc3cfe35bb0d6bfc4 before 40c1ff25025150ff6d7ec7ad441fcfd6d070ee76; from e7b995371fe1e29838321fcdc3cfe35bb0d6bfc4 before 2cd2f988a8bd2da227f5c3cfa0cbf3a9a287ddc3; from e7b995371fe1e29838321fcdc3cfe35bb0d6bfc4 before 88b3b9924337336a31cefbe99a22ed09401be74a	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 3.7 before 5.10.252; from 5.11 before 5.15.202; from 5.16 before 6.1.165; from 6.2 before 6.6.128; from 6.7 before 6.12.75; from 6.13 before 6.18.16; from 6.19 before 6.19.6	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a9bc60ed372aaae9784ff8ad8e5f496ff15fd31	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c3873cccb3fab54cde0605ae7093d332c99073e	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/778f31be5b8c10024db23fdd8a05f68a02311008	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8c5d5f6cd66e032f9aefdcc21b0c34761aef78a	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f47d5b9e8aa6178a0aaf225119ad1ec7d3f49876	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40c1ff25025150ff6d7ec7ad441fcfd6d070ee76	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cd2f988a8bd2da227f5c3cfa0cbf3a9a287ddc3	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88b3b9924337336a31cefbe99a22ed09401be74a	patch

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