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FKIE_CVE-2026-72266

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-15 06:21 - Updated: 2026-08-17 06:18
Severity
Summary
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
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/124df55c7201d011a3fead2205685b6c47eae093
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43af398217ca8940bf30643fd1150b4c655b8a88
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58bc18e03481b62f0ec53fe47f36615d52660a7d
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b96ce9f8e47538c3c6eebbb217c94d696975cac
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b15d708995c01bbffe7dcd634a31959f6805bed3
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfbdev: vesafb: fix memory leak in vesafb_probe()\n\nSince commit 73ce73c30ba9 (\"fbdev: Transfer video= option strings to\ncaller; clarify ownership\") the string returned from fb_get_options()\nis expected to be freed by the caller. But the string is not freed in\nvesafb_probe(). Fix that by freeing the option string after setup."
    }
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  "id": "CVE-2026-72266",
  "lastModified": "2026-08-17T06:18:29.057",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2026-08-15T06:21:55.090",
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}



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