CVE-2024-39475

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to the function savagefb probe() in the Linux kernel, which fails to handle the error return of savagefb check var(). This can cause a divide-by-zero error when pixclock is 0. The commit 04e5eac8f3ab checks the value of pixclock to avoid this error. The vulnerability may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.