CVE-2026-72266 (GCVE-0-2026-72266)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-15 05:54
Modified
2026-08-17 05:11
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.
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Linux Linux Version: 73ce73c30ba9ae4d90fdfad7ebe9104001d5d851
Version: 73ce73c30ba9ae4d90fdfad7ebe9104001d5d851
Version: 73ce73c30ba9ae4d90fdfad7ebe9104001d5d851
Version: 73ce73c30ba9ae4d90fdfad7ebe9104001d5d851
Version: 73ce73c30ba9ae4d90fdfad7ebe9104001d5d851
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