CVE-2026-72268

fbdev: tdfxfb: fix potential memory leak in tdfxfb_probe()

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Aug 15, 2026
Updated: Aug 17, 2026
Reserved: Aug 9, 2026

Description

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

fbdev: tdfxfb: fix potential memory leak in tdfxfb_probe()

In tdfxfb_probe(), the memory allocated for modelist using fb_videomode_to_modelist() when CONFIG_FB_3DFX_I2C is defined, is not freed in the subsequent error paths. Fix that by calling fb_destroy_modelist().

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
LinuxLinux	215059d2421f95c30d1fca6ff31357fcae9f67dc to before 237611edf15172e4dc7fa9b3b71c2445602d3459Affected 215059d2421f95c30d1fca6ff31357fcae9f67dc to before 2199d70efc5bea0e9b4462a4f9e4c3d3c21c5d34Affected 215059d2421f95c30d1fca6ff31357fcae9f67dc to before b039e0693df003c5baa1e89630344f92a78afb15Affected 215059d2421f95c30d1fca6ff31357fcae9f67dc to before dfbb1a695d8891774c80c0e2a9192afb66469eb7Affected 215059d2421f95c30d1fca6ff31357fcae9f67dc to before b7b26adc2718ca8f81ca75cd03aee94269d00e8aAffected 215059d2421f95c30d1fca6ff31357fcae9f67dc to before e1ca9b8559e0f5959228626bdeaae530a1ee0337Affected 215059d2421f95c30d1fca6ff31357fcae9f67dc to before 2fd16a94bea5e0c3e93791436cf8a800b175762aAffected 215059d2421f95c30d1fca6ff31357fcae9f67dc to before bb019d755366cc3e777a12d4bf457ff289837370Affected
LinuxLinux	2.6.30Affected before 2.6.30Not affected 5.10.261 through 5.10.Not affected 5.15.212 through 5.15.Not affected 6.1.178 through 6.1.Not affected 6.6.145 through 6.6.Not affected 6.12.97 through 6.12.Not affected 6.18.40 through 6.18.Not affected 7.1.5 through 7.1.*Not affected 7.2 and laterNot affected

Product

Versions

LinuxLinux

215059d2421f95c30d1fca6ff31357fcae9f67dc to before 237611edf15172e4dc7fa9b3b71c2445602d3459Affected
215059d2421f95c30d1fca6ff31357fcae9f67dc to before 2199d70efc5bea0e9b4462a4f9e4c3d3c21c5d34Affected
215059d2421f95c30d1fca6ff31357fcae9f67dc to before b039e0693df003c5baa1e89630344f92a78afb15Affected
215059d2421f95c30d1fca6ff31357fcae9f67dc to before dfbb1a695d8891774c80c0e2a9192afb66469eb7Affected
215059d2421f95c30d1fca6ff31357fcae9f67dc to before b7b26adc2718ca8f81ca75cd03aee94269d00e8aAffected
215059d2421f95c30d1fca6ff31357fcae9f67dc to before e1ca9b8559e0f5959228626bdeaae530a1ee0337Affected
215059d2421f95c30d1fca6ff31357fcae9f67dc to before 2fd16a94bea5e0c3e93791436cf8a800b175762aAffected
215059d2421f95c30d1fca6ff31357fcae9f67dc to before bb019d755366cc3e777a12d4bf457ff289837370Affected

LinuxLinux

2.6.30Affected
before 2.6.30Not affected
5.10.261 through 5.10.*Not affected
5.15.212 through 5.15.*Not affected
6.1.178 through 6.1.*Not affected
6.6.145 through 6.6.*Not affected
6.12.97 through 6.12.*Not affected
6.18.40 through 6.18.*Not affected
7.1.5 through 7.1.*Not affected
7.2 and laterNot affected

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