5.5

CVE-2024-49892: linux Divide By Zero

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49892DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49892
Published 21-10-2024Last modified 15-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-49892 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Divide By Zero vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.26%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 48 · Related 46
DLA-4008-1DLA-4075-1MGASA-2024-0344MGASA-2024-0345OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14500-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:14705-1

Timeline

  1. 21-10-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Initialize get_bytes_per_element's default to 1 Variables, used as denominators and maybe not assigned to other values, should not be 0. bytes_per_element_y & bytes_per_element_c are initialized by get_bytes_per_element() which should never return 0. This fixes 10 DIVIDE_BY_ZERO issues reported by Coverity.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.26%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

16%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.26% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.26%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu135 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-208.228 | < 5.15.0-127.137 | < 6.8.0-54.56
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1140.150 | < 5.15.0-1073.79 | < 6.8.0-1023.25
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < 8f0abb39c16e719129de10596b3ae3363fa178b4 | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < f921335123f6620c3dce5c96fbb95f18524a021c | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < 1f9f8186e239222f1c8d3dd73bf3bc6ae86c5e76 | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < a23d6029e730f8a151b1a34afb169baac1274583 | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < c7630935d9a4986e8c0ed91658a781b7a77d73f7 | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < bc00d211da4ffad5314a2043b50bdc8ff8a33724 | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < 3334ab72cbba55a632f24579cd47c4a4e5e69cda | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < 4067f4fa0423a89fb19a30b57231b384d77d2610 | 4.15
  • linux_kernel< 5.10.227 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.168 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.113 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.55 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.10.14 | ≥ 6.11, < 6.11.3
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.115-1 | < 6.11.4-1

3 vendors · 138 products

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