CVE-2022-49978

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 4.9.327 - Divide By Zero in fb_pm2fb pixclock Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: fb_pm2fb: Avoid potential divide by zero error In `do_fb_ioctl()` of fbmem.c, if cmd is FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO, var will be copied from user, then go through `fb_set_var()` and `info->fbops->fb_check_var()` which could may be `pm2fb_check_var()`. Along the path, `var->pixclock` won't be modified. This function checks whether reciprocal of `var->pixclock` is too high. If `var->pixclock` is zero, there will be a divide by zero error. So, it is necessary to check whether denominator is zero to avoid crash. As this bug is found by Syzkaller, logs are listed below. divide error in pm2fb_check_var Call Trace: <TASK> fb_set_var+0x367/0xeb0 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:1015 do_fb_ioctl+0x234/0x670 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:1110 fb_ioctl+0xdd/0x130 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:1189

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 10.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-369
Status published
Products (27)
linux/Kernel 2.6.12 - 4.9.327linux
linux/Kernel 4.10.0 - 4.14.292linux
linux/Kernel 4.15.0 - 4.19.257linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.212linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.65linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 5.19.7linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.141linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.12
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 0f1174f4972ea9fad6becf8881d71adca8e9ca91
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 19f953e7435644b81332dd632ba1b2d80b1e37af
... and 17 more
Published Jun 18, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026