CVE-2026-72272

fbdev: radeon: fix potential memory leak in radeonfb_pci_register()

N/A

Published: August 15, 2026 at 05:54 AM UTC

Updated: August 17, 2026 at 06:18 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: radeon: fix potential memory leak in radeonfb_pci_register() The function radeonfb_pci_register() allocates memory for modelist (by calling radeon_check_modes() which calls fb_add_videomode()). The memory is appended to info->modelist, but is not freed in subsequent error paths. Fix this by calling fb_destroy_modelist().

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Linux Kernel · Linux

95%

2.6.12 ≤ v < 5.10.2612.6.12 ≤ v < 5.15.2122.6.12 ≤ v < 6.1.1782.6.12 ≤ v < 6.12.972.6.12 ≤ v < 6.18.402.6.12 ≤ v < 6.6.1452.6.12 ≤ v < 7.1.52.6.12 ≤ v < 7.21da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 2.6.12

Vendor states this is fixed in 1b1b43342fbf11eaf2a8926b9ed4805579d772ac (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 1c5387451176db5def499db809d718765f359a37 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 30a2ff955b66b16d4c98dc61f4fe8b3a57c6f7bb (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in a94a4a0ec2684454934ba104988d6222836a572f (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in c2c795a320e7ef9aa69c7f4bd2c9ac07064eff9a (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in c622a3eed6ad26879b6c0bc208fd6e3ffc4b7de3 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in df8c1101c9a08859da612b5d0a08d55d475522c6 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in f4dacbfd885f34222e67145294de9b8479aa021d (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.12 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.261 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.212 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.178 (unaffected)