Divide By Zero Affecting kernel-default-livepatch package, versions <5.3.18-150300.59.141.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES153-KERNELDEFAULTLIVEPATCH-6044119
  • published3 Nov 2023
  • disclosed2 Nov 2023

Introduced: 2 Nov 2023

CVE-2023-31085  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-369  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 kernel-default-livepatch to version 5.3.18-150300.59.141.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-default-livepatch package and not the kernel-default-livepatch package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c in the Linux kernel 6.2. There is a divide-by-zero error in do_div(sz,mtd->erasesize), used indirectly by ctrl_cdev_ioctl, when mtd->erasesize is 0.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1