CVE-2026-31770
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (occ) Fix division by zero in occ_show_power_1() In occ_show_power_1() case 1, the accumulator is divided by update_tag without checking for zero. If no samples have been collected yet (e.g. during early boot when the sensor block is included but hasn't been updated), update_tag is zero, causing a kernel divide-by-zero crash. The 2019 fix in commit 211186cae14d ("hwmon: (occ) Fix division by zero issue") only addressed occ_get_powr_avg() used by occ_show_power_2() and occ_show_power_a0(). This separate code path in occ_show_power_1() was missed. Fix this by reusing the existing occ_get_powr_avg() helper, which already handles the zero-sample case and uses mul_u64_u32_div() to multiply before dividing for better precision. Move the helper above occ_show_power_1() so it is visible at the call site. [groeck: Fix alignment problems reported by checkpatch]
Predictions
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Mitigations
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 6.1.170-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 6.19.12-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 6.19.12-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 6.12.85-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 6.1.170-1~deb11u1 |
| linux-kernel | affected | 5.10.253 | |
| linux-kernel | 7.0 | affected | |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/243d55bd3f08cb15eee9d63f4716d4d4cdd760f5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2502684b9e835de9a992ec47c3e6c6faabe3858d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37ae8fadc74ed68e5bc364ffd17746d88e449ae3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39e2a5bf970402a8530a319cf06122e216ba57b8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53e6175756b8c474b6247bbcea0aad3d68357475
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b89ce0c98bf3015f493ca4285b2d1056cd8c733
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbbefc48f6617cfb738dcff7f44beb50b5dfeb38
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7d3712362c8ab8f82f441b649d9e446e7b9aa9d
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-31770.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-31770
CWEs
CWE-369
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