watchdog: msc313e: Avoid division by zero
Priority LOW 22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: watchdog: msc313e: Avoid division by zero clk_get_rate() could return 0. Avoid a division by zero panic.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00172 6th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Linux (Linux): 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.6.158 +4
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 7.2.7, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 7 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-97970
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q922-2jcx-866f
- 2026-10-03 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@5168267d5ae6f26f751512003df4263ae91ee3f0, Linux/[email protected] +3 · CNA
- 2026-10-03 3 new references · CNA
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5168267d5ae6f26f751512003df4263ae91ee3f0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db900bc7c0739e5505a84bebb1bff2c3f67860e3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/660571b082331d250fbcef92363e15b38d107520
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ae8eb30f8a0a839bf36fa62e4201ac99946447f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47eae41c630b9d2ce16a528a1517d4d2f857cd47
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5788a6747eda85051838628b40c430ec6343f3c6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c73a37f5e40972ce26d8eeb98e8b938d719b069
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Sources
- CVE-2026-97970 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-97970 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q922-2jcx-866f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-97970 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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