CVE-2024-43889 — Divide By Zero in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8OSV7.1
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.82%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedAug 26
Latest updateAug 14
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
padata: Fix possible divide-by-0 panic in padata_mt_helper()
We are hit with a not easily reproducible divide-by-0 panic in padata.c at
bootup time.
[ 10.017908] Oops: divide error: 0000 1 PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
[ 10.017908] CPU: 26 PID: 2627 Comm: kworker/u1666:1 Not tainted 6.10.0-15.el10.x86_64 #1
[ 10.017908] Hardware name: Lenovo ThinkSystem SR950 [7X12CTO1WW]/[7X12CTO1WW], BIOS [PSE140J-2.30] 07/20/2021
[ 10.017908] Workqueu…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages10 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux004ed42638f4428e70ead59d170f3d17ff761a0f — ab8b397d5997d8c37610252528edc54bebf9f6d3+6