From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Abdun Nihaal <nihaal@cse.iitm.ac.in>,
Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>,
Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>, Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.6.y 2/2] fbdev: efifb: fix memory leak in efifb_probe()
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:47:09 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260722234709.2613278-2-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260722234709.2613278-1-sashal@kernel.org>
From: Abdun Nihaal <nihaal@cse.iitm.ac.in>
[ Upstream commit 9b6eaf101656958397a6012bf43f6e2e42c9e5cb ]
Since commit 73ce73c30ba9 ("fbdev: Transfer video= option strings to
caller; clarify ownership") the string returned from fb_get_options()
is expected to be freed by the caller, but the string is not freed in
efifb_probe(). Fix that by freeing the option string after setup.
Fixes: 73ce73c30ba9 ("fbdev: Transfer video= option strings to caller; clarify ownership")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Abdun Nihaal <nihaal@cse.iitm.ac.in>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
drivers/video/fbdev/efifb.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/efifb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/efifb.c
index d6a05ef0cc9027..945af6db125537 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/efifb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/efifb.c
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ static int efifb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
if (fb_get_options("efifb", &option))
return -ENODEV;
efifb_setup(si, option);
+ kfree(option);
/* We don't get linelength from UGA Draw Protocol, only from
* EFI Graphics Protocol. So if it's not in DMI, and it's not
--
2.53.0
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2026-07-20 12:30 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] fbdev: efifb: fix memory leak in efifb_probe()" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree gregkh
2026-07-22 23:47 ` [PATCH 6.6.y 1/2] fbdev/efifb: Replace references to global screen_info by local pointer Sasha Levin
2026-07-22 23:47 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
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