Overview
About vulnerability
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.
Details
- Affected product:
- Ubuntu 16.04 ELS , Ubuntu 18.04 ELS
- Affected packages:
- linux-hwe @ 4.15.0 (+2 more)
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.