Not yet scoredPublished Aug 15, 2026

CVE-2026-72276fbdev: metronomefb: fix potential memory leak in metronomefb_probe()

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 10:10 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: metronomefb: fix potential memory leak in metronomefb_probe() The memory allocated for pagerefs in fb_deferred_io_init() is not freed on the error path. Fix it by calling fb_deferred_io_cleanup().

CVSS: Not yet scored
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: Received
Record last updated: Aug 17, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	186b89659c4c67cccead52961eab0ca3b23951dc builds before 77e26383083c59a67244fcf2e70eecd354451906; from 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31 before f779bd494f9521f89bfd4ce23953f3527341e9fd; from 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31 before 01708cf3dca2f88eca26269521cbcc8e2f054ee4; from 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31 before d54bb39cd34f44b32d5c4a8416fff8b01a9e76be; from 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31 before 6854cf33dddb212bd7c3d69189623876e7334075; from 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31 before a889978ec44fe33edb3fb7140dcbbb8e6465c1cb; from 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31 before 894632b862a39b3fe1cb5de06fbae86225ea64de; from 5.15.149 before 5.15.212	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77e26383083c59a67244fcf2e70eecd354451906
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f779bd494f9521f89bfd4ce23953f3527341e9fd
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01708cf3dca2f88eca26269521cbcc8e2f054ee4
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d54bb39cd34f44b32d5c4a8416fff8b01a9e76be
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6854cf33dddb212bd7c3d69189623876e7334075
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a889978ec44fe33edb3fb7140dcbbb8e6465c1cb
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/894632b862a39b3fe1cb5de06fbae86225ea64de

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