CVE-2026-72271

fbdev: i740fb: fix potential memory leak in i740fb_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: i740fb: fix potential memory leak in i740fb_probe()

In i740fb_probe(), the memory allocated in fb_videomode_to_modelist() for modelist is not freed in the 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	5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 to before d3776b1bf9c100873c7365bd31a67ed6caacbd82Affected 5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 to before ccf073cd4a2f783adc40b04db3805dbddaaf9f31Affected 5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 to before aebdbe61b3960cd22b8bb6e70e3d94fb3bbb202cAffected 5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 to before e1ecbaeec5fbf0b0e2d5810ec574f762d148771eAffected 5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 to before 3c0cf89b74e7b8ebc21a1542937c8e912d19f22bAffected 5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 to before 146b708bc75f1e6cf70df31195632c9946cb70fdAffected 5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 to before 2ede8fa708235c81ab18de14077f1a458bec7e22Affected 5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 to before 5936063409af230a2c88b8700c47b89a19fd70b5Affected
LinuxLinux	3.4Affected before 3.4Not 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

5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 to before d3776b1bf9c100873c7365bd31a67ed6caacbd82Affected
5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 to before ccf073cd4a2f783adc40b04db3805dbddaaf9f31Affected
5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 to before aebdbe61b3960cd22b8bb6e70e3d94fb3bbb202cAffected
5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 to before e1ecbaeec5fbf0b0e2d5810ec574f762d148771eAffected
5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 to before 3c0cf89b74e7b8ebc21a1542937c8e912d19f22bAffected
5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 to before 146b708bc75f1e6cf70df31195632c9946cb70fdAffected
5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 to before 2ede8fa708235c81ab18de14077f1a458bec7e22Affected
5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 to before 5936063409af230a2c88b8700c47b89a19fd70b5Affected

LinuxLinux

3.4Affected
before 3.4Not 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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