CVE-2026-72273

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A memory leak occurs in the efifb probe() function within the fbdev efifb component. The issue arises because the string returned by the fb get options() function is not properly freed by the caller after setup, contrary to the expected memory management behavior.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.