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CVE-2025-40106

kernel: comedi: fix divide-by-zero in comedi_buf_munge()

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Unknown

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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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