CVE-2026-72273

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: efifb: fix memory leak in efifbprobe Since commit 73ce73c30ba9 "fbdev: Transfer video= option strings to caller; clarify ownership" the string returned from fbgetoptions is expected to be freed by the caller, but the strin...

CVE-2026-72273

The CVE-2026-72273 entry corresponds to a Linux kernel issue in fbdev/efifb where a string returned by fb_get_options() was not freed in efifb_probe(), causing a memory leak. The root cause follows the 73ce73c30ba9 commit that clarified ownership and transfer of video option strings; the fix is t...