CVE-2026-72276

fbdev: metronomefb: fix potential memory leak in metronomefb_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: 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().

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
LinuxLinux	186b89659c4c67cccead52961eab0ca3b23951dc to before 77e26383083c59a67244fcf2e70eecd354451906Affected 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31 to before f779bd494f9521f89bfd4ce23953f3527341e9fdAffected 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31 to before 01708cf3dca2f88eca26269521cbcc8e2f054ee4Affected 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31 to before d54bb39cd34f44b32d5c4a8416fff8b01a9e76beAffected 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31 to before 6854cf33dddb212bd7c3d69189623876e7334075Affected 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31 to before a889978ec44fe33edb3fb7140dcbbb8e6465c1cbAffected 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31 to before 894632b862a39b3fe1cb5de06fbae86225ea64deAffected 5.15.149 to before 5.15.212Affected
LinuxLinux	5.19Affected before 5.19Not 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

186b89659c4c67cccead52961eab0ca3b23951dc to before 77e26383083c59a67244fcf2e70eecd354451906Affected
56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31 to before f779bd494f9521f89bfd4ce23953f3527341e9fdAffected
56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31 to before 01708cf3dca2f88eca26269521cbcc8e2f054ee4Affected
56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31 to before d54bb39cd34f44b32d5c4a8416fff8b01a9e76beAffected
56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31 to before 6854cf33dddb212bd7c3d69189623876e7334075Affected
56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31 to before a889978ec44fe33edb3fb7140dcbbb8e6465c1cbAffected
56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31 to before 894632b862a39b3fe1cb5de06fbae86225ea64deAffected
5.15.149 to before 5.15.212Affected

LinuxLinux

5.19Affected
before 5.19Not 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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