CVE-2022-49978

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49978
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-49978.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2022-49978
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-06-18T11:00:40.693Z
Modified
2026-04-11T12:44:46.084973Z
Summary
fbdev: fb_pm2fb: Avoid potential divide by zero error
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fbdev: fb_pm2fb: Avoid potential divide by zero error

In do_fb_ioctl() of fbmem.c, if cmd is FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO, var will be copied from user, then go through fb_set_var() and info->fbops->fb_check_var() which could may be pm2fb_check_var(). Along the path, var->pixclock won't be modified. This function checks whether reciprocal of var->pixclock is too high. If var->pixclock is zero, there will be a divide by zero error. So, it is necessary to check whether denominator is zero to avoid crash. As this bug is found by Syzkaller, logs are listed below.

divide error in pm2fbcheckvar Call Trace: <TASK> fbsetvar+0x367/0xeb0 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:1015 dofbioctl+0x234/0x670 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:1110 fb_ioctl+0xdd/0x130 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:1189

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/49xxx/CVE-2022-49978.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
Fixed
0f1174f4972ea9fad6becf8881d71adca8e9ca91
Fixed
3ec326a6a0d4667585ca595f438c7293e5ced7c4
Fixed
7f88cdfea8d7f4dbaf423d808241403b2bb945e4
Fixed
7d9591b32a9092fc6391a316b56e8016c6181c3d
Fixed
8fc778ee2fb2853f7a3531fa7273349640d8e4e9
Fixed
34c3dea1189525cd533071ed5c176fc4ea8d982b
Fixed
cb4bb011a683532841344ca7f281b5e04389b4f8
Fixed
19f953e7435644b81332dd632ba1b2d80b1e37af

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-49978.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.6.12
Fixed
4.9.327
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.10.0
Fixed
4.14.292
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.15.0
Fixed
4.19.257
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.20.0
Fixed
5.4.212
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.5.0
Fixed
5.10.141
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.65
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
5.19.7

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-49978.json"