Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 10, 2025· Updated May 12, 2026
CVE-2025-38312
CVE-2025-38312
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fbdev: core: fbcvt: avoid division by 0 in fb_cvt_hperiod()
In fb_find_mode_cvt(), iff mode->refresh somehow happens to be 0x80000000, cvt.f_refresh will become 0 when multiplying it by 2 due to overflow. It's then passed to fb_cvt_hperiod(), where it's used as a divider -- division by 0 will result in kernel oops. Add a sanity check for cvt.f_refresh to avoid such overflow...
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with the Svace static analysis tool.
Affected products
1- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 2.6.14
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
3- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.htmlnvd
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