CVE-2025-38312: debian debian_linux Divide By Zero
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-38312 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Divide By Zero vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 54 · Related 49Timeline
- 10-07-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 15-10-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: core: fbcvt: avoid division by 0 in fb_cvt_hperiod() In fb_find_mode_cvt(), iff mode->refresh somehow happens to be 0x80000000, cvt.f_refresh will become 0 when multiplying it by 2 due to overflow. It's then passed to fb_cvt_hperiod(), where it's used as a divider -- division by 0 will result in kernel oops. Add a sanity check for cvt.f_refresh to avoid such overflow... Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with the Svace static analysis tool.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.18%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
7%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.02 pp
From 0.16% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Ubuntu145 products
- linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-156.166 | < 6.8.0-100.100
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1092.99 | < 6.8.0-1046.49
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian2 products
- linux< 6.1.147-1 | < 6.12.35-1
- debian_linuxEOL11.0
Linux2 products
- linux≥ 96fe6a2109db29cd15b90a093c16e6cb4b19371a, < 9027ce4c037b566b658b8939a76326b7125e3627 | ≥ 96fe6a2109db29cd15b90a093c16e6cb4b19371a, < 610f247f2772e4f92b63442125a1b7ade79898d8 | ≥ 96fe6a2109db29cd15b90a093c16e6cb4b19371a, < 2d63433e8eaa3c91b2948190e395bc67009db0d9 | ≥ 96fe6a2109db29cd15b90a093c16e6cb4b19371a, < 54947530663edcbaaee1314c01fdd8c72861b124 | ≥ 96fe6a2109db29cd15b90a093c16e6cb4b19371a, < ab91647acdf43b984824776559a452212eaeb21a | ≥ 96fe6a2109db29cd15b90a093c16e6cb4b19371a, < b235393b9f43ff86a38ca2bde6372312ea215dc5 | ≥ 96fe6a2109db29cd15b90a093c16e6cb4b19371a, < 53784073cbad18f75583fd3da9ffdfc4d1f05405 | ≥ 96fe6a2109db29cd15b90a093c16e6cb4b19371a, < 3f6dae09fc8c306eb70fdfef70726e1f154e173a | 2.6.14
- linux_kernel≥ 2.6.14, < 5.4.295 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.239 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.186 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.142 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.94 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.34 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.15.3
3 vendors · 149 products
References
48 links- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.htmlThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.htmlThird Party Advisory