CVE-2022-49978

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 4.9.327 - Divide By Zero

Title source: rule
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 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 15.6%
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 (9)
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_kernel 6.0 rc1 (2 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel < 4.9.327
Published Jun 18, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026