Bug 2420233 (CVE-2023-53783) - CVE-2023-53783 kernel: blk-iocost: fix divide by 0 error in calc_lcoefs()
Summary: CVE-2023-53783 kernel: blk-iocost: fix divide by 0 error in calc_lcoefs()
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-53783
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-12-09 01:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-12-10 08:44 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-12-09 01:02:15 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

blk-iocost: fix divide by 0 error in calc_lcoefs()

echo max of u64 to cost.model can cause divide by 0 error.

  # echo 8:0 rbps=18446744073709551615 > /sys/fs/cgroup/io.cost.model

  divide error: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
  RIP: 0010:calc_lcoefs+0x4c/0xc0
  Call Trace:
   <TASK>
   ioc_refresh_params+0x2b3/0x4f0
   ioc_cost_model_write+0x3cb/0x4c0
   ? _copy_from_iter+0x6d/0x6c0
   ? kernfs_fop_write_iter+0xfc/0x270
   cgroup_file_write+0xa0/0x200
   kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x17d/0x270
   vfs_write+0x414/0x620
   ksys_write+0x73/0x160
   __x64_sys_write+0x1e/0x30
   do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80
   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

calc_lcoefs() uses the input value of cost.model in DIV_ROUND_UP_ULL,
overflow would happen if bps plus IOC_PAGE_SIZE is greater than
ULLONG_MAX, it can cause divide by 0 error.

Fix the problem by setting basecost


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