What is CVE-2026-72276?

CVE-2026-72276 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.15.149 onward and patched in 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145 and others. CVE-2026-72276 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-72276?

CVE-2026-72276 has a CVSS score of pending NVD analysis out of 10, rated awaiting scoring severity.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-72276?

Yes, CVE-2026-72276 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.15.149 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2026-72276 actively exploited?

CVE-2026-72276 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2026-72276

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().

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2026-08-15

Last modified 2026-08-15

Patch available

Yes

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 5.15.149, 5.19 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2-rc1 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.15.149 ≥ 5.19

Fixed in

✓ 5.15.212 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.178 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.145 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.97 6.12.x ✓ 6.18.40 6.18.x ✓ 7.1.5 7.1.x ✓ 7.2-rc1

References

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-72276?

CVE-2026-72276 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.15.149 onward and has been patched in 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145 and others. CVE-2026-72276 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-72276?

Yes. CVE-2026-72276 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.15.149 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2026-72276 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2026-72276 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.