Local service interruption via unchecked zero denominator
Published Dec 27, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026
Divide-by-zero in the AD7780 ADC driver in Linux allows local users to interrupt service via a zero scale denominator. The ad7780_write_raw() scale path passes an unchecked zero val2 value to DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(), causing a processor division exception. Reachability requires local low-privilege access to the IIO write_raw interface and an AD7780-family device using the affected driver; the resulting exception affects availability only.
Summary
What happened
Divide-by-zero in the AD7780 ADC driver in Linux allows local users to interrupt service via a zero scale denominator. The ad7780_write_raw() scale path passes an unchecked zero val2 value to DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(), causing a processor division exception. Reachability requires local low-privilege access to the IIO write_raw interface and an AD7780-family device using the affected driver; the resulting exception affects availability only.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-56567
- Published
- Dec 27, 2024
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-369, T1499
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 27, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=5.2
- Affected versionversion=9085daa4abcc3a1c19ae4eb00e609842ef28275a <022e13518ba6cc1b4fdd291f49e4f57b2d5718e0
- Affected versionversion=9085daa4abcc3a1c19ae4eb00e609842ef28275a <18fb33df1de83a014d7f784089f9b124facc157f
- Affected versionversion=9085daa4abcc3a1c19ae4eb00e609842ef28275a <68e79b848196a0b0ec006009cc69da1f835d1ae8
- Affected versionversion=9085daa4abcc3a1c19ae4eb00e609842ef28275a <7e3a8ea3d1ada7f707de5d9d504774b4191eab66
- Affected versionversion=9085daa4abcc3a1c19ae4eb00e609842ef28275a <afc1e3c00b3f5f0b4f1bc3e974fb9803cb938a90
- Affected versionversion=9085daa4abcc3a1c19ae4eb00e609842ef28275a <c174b53e95adf2eece2afc56cd9798374919f99a
- Affected versionversion=9085daa4abcc3a1c19ae4eb00e609842ef28275a <f25a9f1df1f6738acf1fa05595fb6060a2c08ff1
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