Bug 2376045 (CVE-2025-38126)

Summary:	CVE-2025-38126 kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service in stmmac network driver due to division by zero during PTP timestamping configuration
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	rhel-process-autobot, watson-tool-maintainers
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's `stmmac` network driver. This vulnerability occurs when the `clk_ptp_rate` value is zero during the configuration of Precision Time Protocol (PTP) timestamping, leading to a division-by-zero error. A local attacker with low privileges could exploit this condition by bringing up a network interface, causing a kernel panic and resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the system.	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-07-03 09:02:00 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: stmmac: make sure that ptp_rate is not 0 before configuring timestamping

The stmmac platform drivers that do not open-code the clk_ptp_rate value
after having retrieved the default one from the device-tree can end up
with 0 in clk_ptp_rate (as clk_get_rate can return 0). It will
eventually propagate up to PTP initialization when bringing up the
interface, leading to a divide by 0:

 Division by zero in kernel.
 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.12.30-00001-g48313bd5768a #22
 Hardware name: STM32 (Device Tree Support)
 Call trace:
  unwind_backtrace from show_stack+0x18/0x1c
  show_stack from dump_stack_lvl+0x6c/0x8c
  dump_stack_lvl from Ldiv0_64+0x8/0x18
  Ldiv0_64 from stmmac_init_tstamp_counter+0x190/0x1a4
  stmmac_init_tstamp_counter from stmmac_hw_setup+0xc1c/0x111c
  stmmac_hw_setup from __stmmac_open+0x18c/0x434
  __stmmac_open from stmmac_open+0x3c/0xbc
  stmmac_open from __dev_open+0xf4/0x1ac
  __dev_open from __dev_change_flags+0x1cc/0x224
  __dev_change_flags from dev_change_flags+0x24/0x60
  dev_change_flags from ip_auto_config+0x2e8/0x11a0
  ip_auto_config from do_one_initcall+0x84/0x33c
  do_one_initcall from kernel_init_freeable+0x1b8/0x214
  kernel_init_freeable from kernel_init+0x24/0x140
  kernel_init from ret_from_fork+0x14/0x28
 Exception stack(0xe0815fb0 to 0xe0815ff8)

Prevent this division by 0 by adding an explicit check and error log
about the actual issue. While at it, remove the same check from
stmmac_ptp_register, which then becomes duplicate

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2025-07-03 19:18:00 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025070329-CVE-2025-38126-3c9b@gregkh/T