CVE-2025-38312
MEDIUMLinux Kernel - Denial of Service via Division by Zero in fb_cvt_hperiod()
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: core: fbcvt: avoid division by 0 in fb_cvt_hperiod() In fb_find_mode_cvt(), iff mode->refresh somehow happens to be 0x80000000, cvt.f_refresh will become 0 when multiplying it by 2 due to overflow. It's then passed to fb_cvt_hperiod(), where it's used as a divider -- division by 0 will result in kernel oops. Add a sanity check for cvt.f_refresh to avoid such overflow... Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with the Svace static analysis tool.
References (11)
Core 11
Core References
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
Vendor Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0015
EPSS Percentile
4.5%
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)
debian/debian_linux
11.0
linux/Kernel
2.6.14 - 5.4.295linux
linux/Kernel
5.11.0 - 5.15.186linux
linux/Kernel
5.16.0 - 6.1.142linux
linux/Kernel
5.5.0 - 5.10.239linux
linux/Kernel
6.13.0 - 6.15.3linux
linux/Kernel
6.2.0 - 6.6.94linux
linux/Kernel
6.7.0 - 6.12.34linux
Linux/Linux
< 2.6.14
Linux/Linux
2.6.14
... and 17 more
Published
Jul 10, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026