CVE-2024-39475
kernel: fbdev: savage: Handle err return when savagefb_check_var failed
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · July 5, 2024
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fbdev: savage: Handle err return when savagefb_check_var failed
The commit 04e5eac8f3ab("fbdev: savage: Error out if pixclock equals zero") checks the value of pixclock to avoid divide-by-zero error. However the function savagefb_probe doesn't handle the error return of savagefb_check_var. When pixclock is 0, it will cause divide-by-zero error.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 4.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-369 · Divide By Zero