{"cve":"CVE-2026-72269","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-15T06:21:55.643","modified":"2026-08-17T06:18:29.377","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfbdev: uvesafb: fix potential memory leak in uvesafb_probe()\n\nDue to an incorrect goto label, memory allocated for modedb and modelist\nin uvesafb_vbe_init() is not freed in some error paths. Fix this by\nupdating the goto label.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/033e56fed09047ee63072e9f58789f40c1c7079d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12fe6a56506ed3bf0aaf6130a29102ce1fce62da","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61d46d6f5dc163aa5f3548633b5f392b021620ff","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81985921e14f5b471fc0ffe990826d0bda52c0cf","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa387a3e51808f580b51593e3c2f3d4703d91c1a"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:48:17.459049833+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-72269","score":0.0022,"percentile":0.12512,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}