Divide By Zero Affecting linux-6.12 package, versions <6.12.111-1~deb12u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-LINUX612-20506591
  • published5 Oct 2026
  • disclosed4 Jul 2025

Introduced: 4 Jul 2025

CVE-2025-38205  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-369  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 linux-6.12 to version 6.12.111-1~deb12u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-6.12 package and not the linux-6.12 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/amd/display: Avoid divide by zero by initializing dummy pitch to 1

[Why] If the dummy values in populate_dummy_dml_surface_cfg() aren't updated then they can lead to a divide by zero in downstream callers like CalculateVMAndRowBytes()

[How] Initialize dummy value to a value to avoid divide by zero.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1