CVE-2026-72266

high

Description

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

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b15d708995c01bbffe7dcd634a31959f6805bed3

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b96ce9f8e47538c3c6eebbb217c94d696975cac

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58bc18e03481b62f0ec53fe47f36615d52660a7d

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43af398217ca8940bf30643fd1150b4c655b8a88

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/124df55c7201d011a3fead2205685b6c47eae093

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-59165

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-15

Updated: 2026-08-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.4

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00209