---
id: CVE-2026-72265
title: 'fbdev: nvidia: fix potential memory leak in nvidiafb_probe()'
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  fbdev: nvidia: fix potential memory leak in nvidiafb_probe()

  In nvidiafb_probe(), the memory allocated for modelist in
  nvidia_set_fbinfo() is not freed in the subseque…
severity: none
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <
    7e747f7b17ccce750502fd4d0b4e866fe4f066a6
  - >-
    Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <
    2515cd60f6b5ad680ed164aa6bd19b05270af34c
  - >-
    Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <
    508704de34fb8c0dcbbf13397212363bbf0974de
  - >-
    Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <
    6ca48f23ce61a26349d7d084fb63b70499137c8e
  - >-
    Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <
    e8172773e5251f4df2eed74caab6ca3195fed1ea
  - >-
    Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <
    009a8514745b16c468acc25aa00539abbf38e1b5
  - >-
    Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <
    ed3b3eb212441fb5f287dfd24ebafe11d634f009
  - >-
    Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <
    85f5e38c162bdf9dbbe197275d416402712f3707
  - Linux 2.6.12
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-11-06T16:53:44.232852Z'
published: '2026-08-15'
updated: '2026-11-06'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-06T16:55:24.405Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72265'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e747f7b17ccce750502fd4d0b4e866fe4f066a6'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2515cd60f6b5ad680ed164aa6bd19b05270af34c'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/508704de34fb8c0dcbbf13397212363bbf0974de'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ca48f23ce61a26349d7d084fb63b70499137c8e'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8172773e5251f4df2eed74caab6ca3195fed1ea'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/009a8514745b16c468acc25aa00539abbf38e1b5'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed3b3eb212441fb5f287dfd24ebafe11d634f009'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85f5e38c162bdf9dbbe197275d416402712f3707'
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.0022
epssPercentile: 0.1255
ingestedAt: '2026-11-06T18:00:12.589Z'
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fbdev: nvidia: fix potential memory leak in nvidiafb_probe()

In nvidiafb_probe(), the memory allocated for modelist in
nvidia_set_fbinfo() is not freed in the subsequent error paths.
Fix that by calling fb_destroy_modelist().

## Affected

- `Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 7e747f7b17ccce750502fd4d0b4e866fe4f066a6`
- `Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 2515cd60f6b5ad680ed164aa6bd19b05270af34c`
- `Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 508704de34fb8c0dcbbf13397212363bbf0974de`
- `Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 6ca48f23ce61a26349d7d084fb63b70499137c8e`
- `Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < e8172773e5251f4df2eed74caab6ca3195fed1ea`
- `Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 009a8514745b16c468acc25aa00539abbf38e1b5`
- `Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < ed3b3eb212441fb5f287dfd24ebafe11d634f009`
- `Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 85f5e38c162bdf9dbbe197275d416402712f3707`
- `Linux 2.6.12`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.