CVE-2026-72266

A flaw was found in the fbdev: vesafb component of the Linux kernel. A memory leak occurs in the vesafbprobe function because a string returned from fbgetoptions is not properly freed. This oversight can lead to resource exhaustion, potentially resulting in a Denial of Service DoS for the system...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-72266

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - fbdev: vesafb: fix memory leak in vesafbprobe Since commit 73ce73c30ba9 fbdev: Transfer video= option strings to caller; clarify ownership the string returned...

CVE-2026-72266

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: vesafb: fix memory leak in vesafbprobe 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...

EUVD-2026-59165

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: vesafb: fix memory leak in vesafbprobe 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...