fbdev: broadsheetfb: fix potential memory leak in broadsheetfb_probe()
Priority LOW 22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: broadsheetfb: fix potential memory leak in broadsheetfb_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().
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00215 11th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Linux (Linux): 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145 +4
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.15.212
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-72275
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fwm9-hcrx-hqmv
- 2026-11-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edc5a845108337d0c167ab850fe9adfaea442975
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54a4cd11702d5e8bcefc3b514e338955813993a1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ce94f9e3bfb37866638e4b81e2c3d8f7470a12c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07d2f9cb667c2f6331a483227c62d0a4a91ef42f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8c9aae8c950869f65af8b9dd2f71f861ea6e433
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e818c397548cde68d64c6abf8be0a5f3e3eef7d1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d18a4e4234fd3ee0d0eed8ccbbb50cb76b2232c
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Sources
- CVE-2026-72275 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-72275 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fwm9-hcrx-hqmv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-72275 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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