CVE-2025-40106
kernel: comedi: fix divide-by-zero in comedi_buf_munge()
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Published · October 31, 2025
Updated · June 30, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
comedi: fix divide-by-zero in comedi_buf_munge()
The comedi_buf_munge() function performs a modulo operation
async->munge_chan %= async->cmd.chanlist_len without first
checking if chanlist_len is zero. If a user program submits a command with
chanlist_len set to zero, this causes a divide-by-zero error when the device
processes data in the interrupt handler path.
Add a check for zero chanlist_len at the beginning of the function, similar to the existing checks for !map and CMDF_RAWDATA flag. When chanlist_len is zero, update munge_count and return early, indicating the data was handled without munging.
This prevents potential kernel panics from malformed user commands.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
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