# CVE-2026-72276: fbdev: metronomefb: fix potential memory leak in metronomefb_probe()

Status: published. Published: 2026-08-15. Updated: 2026-11-06.

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

fbdev: metronomefb: fix potential memory leak in metronomefb_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().

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- Linux / Linux: ≥ 186b89659c4c67cccead52961eab0ca3b23951dc; < 77e26383083c59a67244fcf2e70eecd354451906 (affected, git); ≥ 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31; < f779bd494f9521f89bfd4ce23953f3527341e9fd (affected, git); ≥ 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31; < 01708cf3dca2f88eca26269521cbcc8e2f054ee4 (affected, git); ≥ 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31; < d54bb39cd34f44b32d5c4a8416fff8b01a9e76be (affected, git); ≥ 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31; < 6854cf33dddb212bd7c3d69189623876e7334075 (affected, git); ≥ 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31; < a889978ec44fe33edb3fb7140dcbbb8e6465c1cb (affected, git); ≥ 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31; < 894632b862a39b3fe1cb5de06fbae86225ea64de (affected, git); ≥ 5.15.149; < 5.15.212 (affected, semver). Source: CNA: Linux
- Linux / Linux: 5.19 (affected); ≥ 0; < 5.19 (unaffected, semver); ≥ 5.15.212; ≤ 5.15.* (unaffected, semver); ≥ 6.1.178; ≤ 6.1.* (unaffected, semver); ≥ 6.6.145; ≤ 6.6.* (unaffected, semver); ≥ 6.12.97; ≤ 6.12.* (unaffected, semver); ≥ 6.18.40; ≤ 6.18.* (unaffected, semver); ≥ 7.1.5; ≤ 7.1.* (unaffected, semver); ≥ 7.2; ≤ * (unaffected, original_commit_for_fix). Source: CNA: Linux

## Severity and prioritization

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: 0.21% as of 2026-11-06; percentile 11.90%

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable no; technical impact partial; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: Not reported

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77e26383083c59a67244fcf2e70eecd354451906 (CNA: Linux)

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f779bd494f9521f89bfd4ce23953f3527341e9fd (CNA: Linux)

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01708cf3dca2f88eca26269521cbcc8e2f054ee4 (CNA: Linux)

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d54bb39cd34f44b32d5c4a8416fff8b01a9e76be (CNA: Linux)

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6854cf33dddb212bd7c3d69189623876e7334075 (CNA: Linux)

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a889978ec44fe33edb3fb7140dcbbb8e6465c1cb (CNA: Linux)

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/894632b862a39b3fe1cb5de06fbae86225ea64de (CNA: Linux)

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01708cf3dca2f88eca26269521cbcc8e2f054ee4 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6854cf33dddb212bd7c3d69189623876e7334075 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77e26383083c59a67244fcf2e70eecd354451906 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/894632b862a39b3fe1cb5de06fbae86225ea64de (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a889978ec44fe33edb3fb7140dcbbb8e6465c1cb (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d54bb39cd34f44b32d5c4a8416fff8b01a9e76be (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f779bd494f9521f89bfd4ce23953f3527341e9fd (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)

## Provenance

- CNA: Linux: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72276; retrieved 2026-11-06; source updated 2026-11-06

- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72276; retrieved 2026-11-06; source updated 2026-11-06

- FIRST EPSS: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-72276; retrieved 2026-11-06; source updated Not reported

Revision: 478f4a2d24f2dcc4438be01c7a8a9fa42b99206e257ef172c60723784ccfcefb

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