Not yet scoredPublished Aug 15, 2026

CVE-2026-72266fbdev: vesafb: fix memory leak in vesafb_probe()

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 2:20 AM ET)

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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.

CVSS: Not yet scored
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Received
Record last updated: Aug 17, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 73ce73c30ba9ae4d90fdfad7ebe9104001d5d851 before 124df55c7201d011a3fead2205685b6c47eae093; 73ce73c30ba9ae4d90fdfad7ebe9104001d5d851 builds before 43af398217ca8940bf30643fd1150b4c655b8a88; 73ce73c30ba9ae4d90fdfad7ebe9104001d5d851 builds before 58bc18e03481b62f0ec53fe47f36615d52660a7d; 73ce73c30ba9ae4d90fdfad7ebe9104001d5d851 builds before 7b96ce9f8e47538c3c6eebbb217c94d696975cac; from 73ce73c30ba9ae4d90fdfad7ebe9104001d5d851 before b15d708995c01bbffe7dcd634a31959f6805bed3	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/124df55c7201d011a3fead2205685b6c47eae093
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43af398217ca8940bf30643fd1150b4c655b8a88
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58bc18e03481b62f0ec53fe47f36615d52660a7d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b96ce9f8e47538c3c6eebbb217c94d696975cac
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b15d708995c01bbffe7dcd634a31959f6805bed3

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