Local system crash via zero element divisor
Published Oct 21, 2024 · Updated May 12, 2026
Divide-by-zero in the Linux kernel 4.15 and later allows local users to crash affected systems through AMD display processing. In the dcn20 and dcn21 display request calculations, get_bytes_per_element() can leave bytes_per_element_y or bytes_per_element_c at zero before either value is used as a divisor. Reachability requires low-privilege local access and an affected AMD display path, including affected SIMATIC subsystem deployments; the bounded consequence is a kernel crash and service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Divide-by-zero in the Linux kernel 4.15 and later allows local users to crash affected systems through AMD display processing. In the dcn20 and dcn21 display request calculations, get_bytes_per_element() can leave bytes_per_element_y or bytes_per_element_c at zero before either value is used as a divisor. Reachability requires low-privilege local access and an affected AMD display path, including affected SIMATIC subsystem deployments; the bounded consequence is a kernel crash and service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-49892
- Published
- Oct 21, 2024
- Updated
- May 12, 2026
- Vendor
- Siemens
- Product
- SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem
- Classifications
- CWE-369, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Oct 21, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 12, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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