CVE-2022-49978

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This function checks\nwhether reciprocal of `var->pixclock` is too high. If `var->pixclock` is\nzero, there will be a divide by zero error. So, it is necessary to check\nwhether denominator is zero to avoid crash. As this bug is found by\nSyzkaller, logs are listed below.\n\ndivide error in pm2fb_check_var\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n fb_set_var+0x367/0xeb0 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:1015\n do_fb_ioctl+0x234/0x670 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:1110\n fb_ioctl+0xdd/0x130 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:1189"}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: fbdev: fb_pm2fb: Evitar posible error de divisi\u00f3n por cero En `do_fb_ioctl()` de fbmem.c, si cmd es FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO, var se copiar\u00e1 del usuario, luego pasar\u00e1 por `fb_set_var()` e `info-&gt;fbops-&gt;fb_check_var()` que podr\u00edan ser `pm2fb_check_var()`. A lo largo de la ruta, `var-&gt;pixclock` no se modificar\u00e1. Esta funci\u00f3n verifica si el rec\u00edproco de `var-&gt;pixclock` es demasiado alto. Si `var-&gt;pixclock` es cero, habr\u00e1 un error de divisi\u00f3n por cero. Por lo tanto, es necesario verificar si el denominador es cero para evitar un bloqueo. Como Syzkaller encontr\u00f3 este error, los registros se enumeran a continuaci\u00f3n. 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