CVE-2023-54242 — Divide By Zero in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
No vectorEPSS
0.0%
top 93.24%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 30
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
block, bfq: Fix division by zero error on zero wsum
When the weighted sum is zero the calculation of limit causes
a division by zero error. Fix this by continuing to the next level.
This was discovered by running as root:
stress-ng --ioprio 0
Fixes divison by error oops:
[ 521.450556] divide error: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
[ 521.450766] CPU: 2 PID: 2684464 Comm: stress-ng-iopri Not tainted 6.2.1-1280.native #1
[ 521.451117] Har…
Affected Packages4 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux76f1df88bbc2f984eb0418cc90de0a8384e63604 — 1655cfc85250a224b0d9486c8136baeea33b9b5c+3
🔴Vulnerability Details
3GHSA▶
GHSA-24q6-h6j8-wpf6: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
block, bfq: Fix division by zero error on zero wsum
When the weighted sum is zer↗2025-12-30
OSV▶
CVE-2023-54242: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block, bfq: Fix division by zero error on zero wsum When the weighted sum is zero↗2025-12-30