GHSA-GQ64-PW9Q-3FW2
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-08-26 12:31 – Updated: 2026-05-12 12:32In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
padata: Fix possible divide-by-0 panic in padata_mt_helper()
We are hit with a not easily reproducible divide-by-0 panic in padata.c at bootup time.
[ 10.017908] Oops: divide error: 0000 1 PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [ 10.017908] CPU: 26 PID: 2627 Comm: kworker/u1666:1 Not tainted 6.10.0-15.el10.x86_64 #1 [ 10.017908] Hardware name: Lenovo ThinkSystem SR950 [7X12CTO1WW]/[7X12CTO1WW], BIOS [PSE140J-2.30] 07/20/2021 [ 10.017908] Workqueue: events_unbound padata_mt_helper [ 10.017908] RIP: 0010:padata_mt_helper+0x39/0xb0 : [ 10.017963] Call Trace: [ 10.017968] [ 10.018004] ? padata_mt_helper+0x39/0xb0 [ 10.018084] process_one_work+0x174/0x330 [ 10.018093] worker_thread+0x266/0x3a0 [ 10.018111] kthread+0xcf/0x100 [ 10.018124] ret_from_fork+0x31/0x50 [ 10.018138] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 [ 10.018147]
Looking at the padata_mt_helper() function, the only way a divide-by-0 panic can happen is when ps->chunk_size is 0. The way that chunk_size is initialized in padata_do_multithreaded(), chunk_size can be 0 when the min_chunk in the passed-in padata_mt_job structure is 0.
Fix this divide-by-0 panic by making sure that chunk_size will be at least 1 no matter what the input parameters are.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-43889"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-369"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-08-26T11:15:03Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\npadata: Fix possible divide-by-0 panic in padata_mt_helper()\n\nWe are hit with a not easily reproducible divide-by-0 panic in padata.c at\nbootup time.\n\n [ 10.017908] Oops: divide error: 0000 1 PREEMPT SMP NOPTI\n [ 10.017908] CPU: 26 PID: 2627 Comm: kworker/u1666:1 Not tainted 6.10.0-15.el10.x86_64 #1\n [ 10.017908] Hardware name: Lenovo ThinkSystem SR950 [7X12CTO1WW]/[7X12CTO1WW], BIOS [PSE140J-2.30] 07/20/2021\n [ 10.017908] Workqueue: events_unbound padata_mt_helper\n [ 10.017908] RIP: 0010:padata_mt_helper+0x39/0xb0\n :\n [ 10.017963] Call Trace:\n [ 10.017968] \u003cTASK\u003e\n [ 10.018004] ? padata_mt_helper+0x39/0xb0\n [ 10.018084] process_one_work+0x174/0x330\n [ 10.018093] worker_thread+0x266/0x3a0\n [ 10.018111] kthread+0xcf/0x100\n [ 10.018124] ret_from_fork+0x31/0x50\n [ 10.018138] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n [ 10.018147] \u003c/TASK\u003e\n\nLooking at the padata_mt_helper() function, the only way a divide-by-0\npanic can happen is when ps-\u003echunk_size is 0. The way that chunk_size is\ninitialized in padata_do_multithreaded(), chunk_size can be 0 when the\nmin_chunk in the passed-in padata_mt_job structure is 0.\n\nFix this divide-by-0 panic by making sure that chunk_size will be at least\n1 no matter what the input parameters are.",
"id": "GHSA-gq64-pw9q-3fw2",
"modified": "2026-05-12T12:32:05Z",
"published": "2024-08-26T12:31:19Z",
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"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00003.html"
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