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GHSA-XGC7-5Q39-HQ26

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: 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.

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CVE-2026-72273 (GCVE-0-2026-72273)

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

Title

fbdev: efifb: fix memory leak in efifb_probe()

Summary

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.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard D 53/100 over 6992 records in the last 180 days details

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fafb2e08741b20027…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/475383daf5f855f5b…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/febb5b4f67ace78d6…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5276e3f75ddb51f98…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b6eaf10165695839…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 73ce73c30ba9ae4d90fdfad7ebe9104001d5d851 , < fafb2e08741b20027cee77918816de29a32d6fd6 (git) Affected: 73ce73c30ba9ae4d90fdfad7ebe9104001d5d851 , < 475383daf5f855f5b2c3a9aa801f69b69a81799e (git) Affected: 73ce73c30ba9ae4d90fdfad7ebe9104001d5d851 , < febb5b4f67ace78d6b6862cc3c853b64710afb6c (git) Affected: 73ce73c30ba9ae4d90fdfad7ebe9104001d5d851 , < 5276e3f75ddb51f980a8903f4b39e73cf42415e5 (git) Affected: 73ce73c30ba9ae4d90fdfad7ebe9104001d5d851 , < 9b6eaf101656958397a6012bf43f6e2e42c9e5cb (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.4 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.4 (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.148 , ≤ 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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