CVE-2023-54242Divide By Zero in Linux

CWE-369Divide By Zero7 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
No vector
EPSS
0.0%
top 93.24%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
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

Linuxlinux/linux_kernel5.17.06.1.30+1
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.37-1+2
CVEListV5linux/linux76f1df88bbc2f984eb0418cc90de0a8384e636041655cfc85250a224b0d9486c8136baeea33b9b5c+3
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.37-1 (bookworm)

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
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 zer2025-12-30
OSV
block, bfq: Fix division by zero error on zero wsum2025-12-30
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 zero2025-12-30

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: block, bfq: Fix division by zero error on zero wsum2025-12-30
Debian
CVE-2023-54242: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block, bfq:...2023

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2023-54242 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz