Kernel crash via zero debug-monitor fragment count
Published Sep 17, 2026 · Updated Sep 17, 2026
Division by zero in Linux iwlwifi allows local users to crash the kernel through malformed firmware-monitor allocation settings. The iwl_dbg_tlv_alloc_fragments function divides remaining pages by a fragment count that becomes zero when the requested size or maximum fragment count is zero. The path requires iwlwifi debug-monitor allocation; upstream does not disclose how attackers supply those settings, and vendor assessments disagree on required local privileges.
Summary
What happened
Division by zero in Linux iwlwifi allows local users to crash the kernel through malformed firmware-monitor allocation settings. The iwl_dbg_tlv_alloc_fragments function divides remaining pages by a fragment count that becomes zero when the requested size or maximum fragment count is zero. The path requires iwlwifi debug-monitor allocation; upstream does not disclose how attackers supply those settings, and vendor assessments disagree on required local privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-93062
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 17, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
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- Sep 17, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 17, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=14124b25780db542b2bc31aadecc37a2a6534f40 <11dde137f1258004bd1ed76ea2480a641e1fb753
- Affected versionversion=14124b25780db542b2bc31aadecc37a2a6534f40 <6df26657c626b63b5a47026128cc021f66722a41
- Affected versionversion=14124b25780db542b2bc31aadecc37a2a6534f40 <9318bc0c41b24705690cf80d1596cf6b711e7027
- Affected versionversion=14124b25780db542b2bc31aadecc37a2a6534f40 <bc7a7ad93070879c74cdcb107ebb1a02ec212712
- Affected versionversion=14124b25780db542b2bc31aadecc37a2a6534f40 <f26f72c2448829701d7c3e840fac9d168a98a955
- Affected versionversion=5.5
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