CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-72273
- 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: efifb: fix memory leak in efifb_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
efifb_probe(). Fix that by freeing the option string after setup.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/475383daf5f855f5b2c3a9aa801f69b69a81799e git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5276e3f75ddb51f980a8903f4b39e73cf42415e5 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b6eaf101656958397a6012bf43f6e2e42c9e5cb git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fafb2e08741b20027cee77918816de29a32d6fd6 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/febb5b4f67ace78d6b6862cc3c853b64710afb6c git.kernel.org