CVE-2026-72273

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's efifb framebuffer driver. A memory leak occurs in the efifbprobe function because a string returned from fbgetoptions is not properly freed after use. This can lead to a gradual consumption of system memory, potentially impacting system stability and...

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...

CVE-2026-72273 fbdev: efifb: fix memory leak in efifb_probe()

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...