{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-72266 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-72266 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Linux, published on 15 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-72266 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-72266 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Linux, published on 15 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-72266 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72266/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72266/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-72266","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72266/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-72266","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2026-72266","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72266","GHSA-42qw-3hfc-mw9v","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72266"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A memory leak in the Linux kernel vesafb driver allows local attackers to exhaust system memory, potentially causing a denial of service.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"memory_corruption"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"fbdev: vesafb: fix memory leak in vesafb_probe()","id":"CVE-2026-72266","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"memory_corruption","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":5,"next":{"headline":"fbdev: carminefb: fix potential memory leak in alloc_carmine_fb()","id":"CVE-2026-72267"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"fbdev: nvidia: fix potential memory leak in nvidiafb_probe()","id":"CVE-2026-72265"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-08-15","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-08-17","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A memory leak in the Linux kernel vesafb driver allows local attackers to exhaust system memory, potentially causing a denial of service.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72266/"}