Bug 2461563 (CVE-2026-31618)

Summary: CVE-2026-31618 kernel: fbdev: tdfxfb: avoid divide-by-zero on FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's fbdev subsystem, specifically affecting the tdfxfb and udlfb drivers. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to trigger a divide-by-zero error when performing the FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO operation. This can lead to a system crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the affected system.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-04-24 15:08:40 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fbdev: tdfxfb: avoid divide-by-zero on FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO

Much like commit 19f953e74356 ("fbdev: fb_pm2fb: Avoid potential divide
by zero error"), we also need to prevent that same crash from happening
in the udlfb driver as it uses pixclock directly when dividing, which
will crash.