CVE-2026-72270
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: s3fb: fix potential memory leak in s3_pci_probe() In s3_pci_probe(), the memory allocated for modelist using fb_videomode_to_modelist() is not freed in subsequent error paths. Fix that by calling fb_destroy_modelist()
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d0fa8425b29657b3d3e5bb36f50a50e57c8101f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25b354f74b028a3f91b12e6b446256965744c477
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37f4b8bd9e3835a7d4da26baf80b497e478d3123
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b0ed04bc852887a9164e1bbf521652e8ef3eb92
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56964e8039150a14462005458b25f19d6cad8f4a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad54698255a4b988cae1ad908c158c1d4128887c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef6c5e4607483259a0daf6584e9e34ef643a655d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc90ec978a3cef6f6d8c6074bee538998c7c9837
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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