CVE-2026-72273

medium

Description

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.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/febb5b4f67ace78d6b6862cc3c853b64710afb6c

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fafb2e08741b20027cee77918816de29a32d6fd6

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b6eaf101656958397a6012bf43f6e2e42c9e5cb

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5276e3f75ddb51f980a8903f4b39e73cf42415e5

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/475383daf5f855f5b2c3a9aa801f69b69a81799e

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-15

Updated: 2026-08-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00209