PT-2026-72453

CVE-2026-72265

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Published

2026-05-14

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Updated

2026-11-03

Description by

CVSS 2.0
4.6
Medium
MetricsAV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description A memory leak exists in the nvidiafb probe() function. The memory allocated for modelist within the nvidia set fbinfo() function is not properly released during subsequent error paths.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploitability
Exploit
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
CWE-664: Improper Control of a Resource Through its Lifetime
Related identifiers
CVE-2026-72265
BDU:2026-17224
SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1
USN-8875-1
USN-8875-2
USN-8876-1
USN-8877-1
USN-8878-1
USN-8879-1
USN-8887-1
USN-8887-2
USN-8887-3
USN-8888-1
USN-8888-2
USN-8889-1
USN-8917-1
USN-8918-1
USN-8963-1
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