CVE-2025-39742
kernel: RDMA: hfi1: fix possible divide-by-zero in find_hw_thread_mask()
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · September 11, 2025
Updated · June 30, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA: hfi1: fix possible divide-by-zero in find_hw_thread_mask()
The function divides number of online CPUs by num_core_siblings, and later checks the divider by zero. This implies a possibility to get and divide-by-zero runtime error. Fix it by moving the check prior to division. This also helps to save one indentation level.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-369 · Divide By Zero