CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-72266
- Status
- Received
- Published
- 2026-08-15
- Last modified
- 2026-08-17
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fbdev: vesafb: fix memory leak in vesafb_probe()
Since commit 73ce73c30ba9 ("fbdev: Transfer video= option strings to
caller; clarify ownership") the string returned from fb_get_options()
is expected to be freed by the caller. But the string is not freed in
vesafb_probe(). Fix that by freeing the option string after setup.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/124df55c7201d011a3fead2205685b6c47eae093 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43af398217ca8940bf30643fd1150b4c655b8a88 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58bc18e03481b62f0ec53fe47f36615d52660a7d git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b96ce9f8e47538c3c6eebbb217c94d696975cac git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b15d708995c01bbffe7dcd634a31959f6805bed3 git.kernel.org