CVE-2026-72276

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: metronomefb: fix potential memory leak in metronomefbprobe The memory allocated for pagerefs in fbdeferredioinit is not freed on the error path. Fix it by calling fbdeferrediocleanup...

CVE-2026-72276

CVE-2026-72276 concerns the Linux kernel fbdev/metronomefb subsystem. The issue is a memory leak where pagerefs allocated in fb_deferred_io_init() are not freed on error paths during metronomefb_probe(), leading to leaked resources. The documented fix is to call fb_deferred_io_cleanup() on error ...