CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-72394
- Status
- Received
- Published
- 2026-08-15
- Last modified
- 2026-08-17
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
hwmon: (aspeed-g6-pwm-tach) Guard fan RPM calculation against divide-by-zero
Sashiko reports:
In the aspeed-g6-pwm-tacho driver, the aspeed_tach_val_to_rpm() function
calculates the fan RPM using the tachometer value. However, it does not
check if the tachometer value is zero before performing the division.
If the hardware reports a tachometer value of 0 (which can happen due to
an extremely fast pulse, a stuck edge, or a hardware glitch), the
calculated tach_div evaluates to 0. The subsequent call to do_div() with
tach_div as the divisor triggers a divide-by-zero exception, leading to
a kernel panic.
Check the divisor against zero to fix the problem.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/898ca04b096b9e4640300eab91468c826a1ec92b git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3f98bd397398e2d4a7f98e006b5aaf4d54ebdf3 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb8a5afe6f1f8aa7f19c6dda23d277dd6ae5d9e1 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe87b8dc67f1b2c64e76a66e78468c533d3c44ca git.kernel.org