CVE-2025-38126
"STMMAC Linux Kernel Division by Zero Vulnerability"
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: stmmac: make sure that ptp_rate is not 0 before configuring timestamping The stmmac platform drivers that do not open-code the clk_ptp_rate value after having retrieved the default one from the device-tree can end up with 0 in clk_ptp_rate (as clk_get_rate can return 0). It will eventually propagate up to PTP initialization when bringing up the interface, leading to a divide by 0: Division by zero in kernel. CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.12.30-00001-g48313bd5768a #22 Hardware name: STM32 (Device Tree Support) Call trace: unwind_backtrace from show_stack+0x18/0x1c show_stack from dump_stack_lvl+0x6c/0x8c dump_stack_lvl from Ldiv0_64+0x8/0x18 Ldiv0_64 from stmmac_init_tstamp_counter+0x190/0x1a4 stmmac_init_tstamp_counter from stmmac_hw_setup+0xc1c/0x111c stmmac_hw_setup from __stmmac_open+0x18c/0x434 __stmmac_open from stmmac_open+0x3c/0xbc stmmac_open from __dev_open+0xf4/0x1ac __dev_open from __dev_change_flags+0x1cc/0x224 __dev_change_flags from dev_change_flags+0x24/0x60 dev_change_flags from ip_auto_config+0x2e8/0x11a0 ip_auto_config from do_one_initcall+0x84/0x33c do_one_initcall from kernel_init_freeable+0x1b8/0x214 kernel_init_freeable from kernel_init+0x24/0x140 kernel_init from ret_from_fork+0x14/0x28 Exception stack(0xe0815fb0 to 0xe0815ff8) Prevent this division by 0 by adding an explicit check and error log about the actual issue. While at it, remove the same check from stmmac_ptp_register, which then becomes duplicate
INFO
Published Date :
July 3, 2025, 9:15 a.m.
Last Modified :
July 3, 2025, 3:13 p.m.
Source :
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Remotely Exploitable :
No
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New CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Jul. 03, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: stmmac: make sure that ptp_rate is not 0 before configuring timestamping The stmmac platform drivers that do not open-code the clk_ptp_rate value after having retrieved the default one from the device-tree can end up with 0 in clk_ptp_rate (as clk_get_rate can return 0). It will eventually propagate up to PTP initialization when bringing up the interface, leading to a divide by 0: Division by zero in kernel. CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.12.30-00001-g48313bd5768a #22 Hardware name: STM32 (Device Tree Support) Call trace: unwind_backtrace from show_stack+0x18/0x1c show_stack from dump_stack_lvl+0x6c/0x8c dump_stack_lvl from Ldiv0_64+0x8/0x18 Ldiv0_64 from stmmac_init_tstamp_counter+0x190/0x1a4 stmmac_init_tstamp_counter from stmmac_hw_setup+0xc1c/0x111c stmmac_hw_setup from __stmmac_open+0x18c/0x434 __stmmac_open from stmmac_open+0x3c/0xbc stmmac_open from __dev_open+0xf4/0x1ac __dev_open from __dev_change_flags+0x1cc/0x224 __dev_change_flags from dev_change_flags+0x24/0x60 dev_change_flags from ip_auto_config+0x2e8/0x11a0 ip_auto_config from do_one_initcall+0x84/0x33c do_one_initcall from kernel_init_freeable+0x1b8/0x214 kernel_init_freeable from kernel_init+0x24/0x140 kernel_init from ret_from_fork+0x14/0x28 Exception stack(0xe0815fb0 to 0xe0815ff8) Prevent this division by 0 by adding an explicit check and error log about the actual issue. While at it, remove the same check from stmmac_ptp_register, which then becomes duplicate Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/030ce919e114a111e83b7976ecb3597cefd33f26 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32af9c289234990752281c805500dfe03c5b2b8f Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/379cd990dfe752b38fcf46034698a9a150626c7a Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b263088ee8ab14563817a8be3519af8e25225793 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb033c6781ce1b0264c3993b767b4aa9021959c2
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