Local system crash via zero framebuffer pixclock
Published Apr 24, 2026 · Updated Apr 24, 2026
Divide-by-zero in the Linux Kernel udlfb driver allows local users to crash the system by submitting a zero pixclock through FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO. The dlfb_ops_check_var function uses the caller-controlled pixclock directly as a divisor without first rejecting zero. A local user with access to the udlfb framebuffer device can trigger a kernel crash, causing a service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Divide-by-zero in the Linux Kernel udlfb driver allows local users to crash the system by submitting a zero pixclock through FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO. The dlfb_ops_check_var function uses the caller-controlled pixclock directly as a divisor without first rejecting zero. A local user with access to the udlfb framebuffer device can trigger a kernel crash, causing a service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-31605
- Published
- Apr 24, 2026
- Updated
- Apr 24, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux Kernel
- Classifications
- CWE-369, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Apr 24, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 24, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <03797cdee38ef19c87785622d423aabaafb71c5f
- Affected versionversion=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <6de048d78f3029744778b7a2891745f3ca7c209a
- Affected versionversion=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <afaaaa38579f1252bb42b145f6e88a955c4f73f3
- Affected versionversion=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <cccbf9b7fdab48ce4feb69c24f7f928aa8e4e8b8
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