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GHSA-42QW-3HFC-MW9V

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-15 06:32 – Updated: 2026-08-15 06:32

Details

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.

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CVE-2026-72266 (GCVE-0-2026-72266)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 05:54 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:11

Title

fbdev: vesafb: fix memory leak in vesafb_probe()

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.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/124df55c7201d011a…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43af398217ca8940b…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58bc18e03481b62f0…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b96ce9f8e47538c3…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b15d708995c01bbff…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 73ce73c30ba9ae4d90fdfad7ebe9104001d5d851 , < 124df55c7201d011a3fead2205685b6c47eae093 (git) Affected: 73ce73c30ba9ae4d90fdfad7ebe9104001d5d851 , < 43af398217ca8940bf30643fd1150b4c655b8a88 (git) Affected: 73ce73c30ba9ae4d90fdfad7ebe9104001d5d851 , < 58bc18e03481b62f0ec53fe47f36615d52660a7d (git) Affected: 73ce73c30ba9ae4d90fdfad7ebe9104001d5d851 , < 7b96ce9f8e47538c3c6eebbb217c94d696975cac (git) Affected: 73ce73c30ba9ae4d90fdfad7ebe9104001d5d851 , < b15d708995c01bbffe7dcd634a31959f6805bed3 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.4 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.4 (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.145 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.97 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.40 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.5 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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CVE-2026-72266 (GCVE-0-2026-72266)

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