CVE-2024-49899 — Divide By Zero in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8
EPSS
0.0%
top 99.25%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedOct 21
Latest updateMay 26
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amd/display: Initialize denominators' default to 1
[WHAT & HOW]
Variables used as denominators and maybe not assigned to other values,
should not be 0. Change their default to 1 so they are never 0.
This fixes 10 DIVIDE_BY_ZERO issues reported by Coverity.
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 Packages11 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
14OSV▶
linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-azure-6.8, linux-ibm, linux-lowlatency, linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8, linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-6.8, linux-nvidia-lowlatency, linux-oem-6.8, linux-oracle, linux-oracl↗2025-04-23