CVE-2026-97970

Kernel panic via unchecked zero clock rate

Published Sep 25, 2026 · Updated Sep 25, 2026

Division by zero in the MSC313e watchdog driver in Linux allows attackers to trigger a kernel panic via a zero-rate hardware clock. During msc313e_wdt_probe(), the driver uses clk_get_rate(priv->clk) directly as the divisor when calculating max_timeout without checking for zero. Reachability requires an MSC313e watchdog whose clock provider returns zero during probe; no remote interface or data impact is reported.

CVSS severityUnavailable
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EPSS probability0.17%
Next 30 days · Oct 19, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Division by zero in the MSC313e watchdog driver in Linux allows attackers to trigger a kernel panic via a zero-rate hardware clock. During msc313e_wdt_probe(), the driver uses clk_get_rate(priv->clk) directly as the divisor when calculating max_timeout without checking for zero. Reachability requires an MSC313e watchdog whose clock provider returns zero during probe; no remote interface or data impact is reported.

The record

CVE
CVE-2026-97970
Published
Sep 25, 2026
Updated
Sep 25, 2026
Vendor
The Linux Kernel Organization
Product
Linux
Classifications
Unavailable
Attack vector
Unavailable
Privileges
Unavailable

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 25, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 25, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

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  1. Affected versionversion=5.14
  2. Affected versionversion=e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8 <3ae8eb30f8a0a839bf36fa62e4201ac99946447f
  3. Affected versionversion=e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8 <3c73a37f5e40972ce26d8eeb98e8b938d719b069
  4. Affected versionversion=e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8 <47eae41c630b9d2ce16a528a1517d4d2f857cd47
  5. Affected versionversion=e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8 <5788a6747eda85051838628b40c430ec6343f3c6

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What is affected?

The Linux Kernel Organization · Linuxversion=5.14; version=e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8 <3ae8eb30f8a0a839bf36fa62e4201ac99946447f; version=e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8 <3c73a37f5e40972ce26d8eeb98e8b938d719b069; version=e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8 <47eae41c630b9d2ce16a528a1517d4d2f857cd47; version=e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8 <5788a6747eda85051838628b40c430ec6343f3c6

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Sep 22, 2026Sep 28, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 28, 2026
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Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

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