{"cve":"CVE-2026-72266","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-15T06:21:55.090","modified":"2026-08-17T06:18:29.057","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfbdev: vesafb: fix memory leak in vesafb_probe()\n\nSince commit 73ce73c30ba9 (\"fbdev: Transfer video= option strings to\ncaller; clarify ownership\") the string returned from fb_get_options()\nis expected to be freed by the caller. But the string is not freed in\nvesafb_probe(). Fix that by freeing the option string after setup.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/124df55c7201d011a3fead2205685b6c47eae093","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43af398217ca8940bf30643fd1150b4c655b8a88","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58bc18e03481b62f0ec53fe47f36615d52660a7d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b96ce9f8e47538c3c6eebbb217c94d696975cac","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b15d708995c01bbffe7dcd634a31959f6805bed3"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:48:17.459049833+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-72266","score":0.00209,"percentile":0.1105,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}