CVE-2025-40106

CVE-2025-40106

published October 31, 2025

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
10.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

comedi: fix divide-by-zero in comedi_buf_munge()

The comedi_buf_munge() function performs a modulo operation

`async->munge_chan %= async->cmd.chanlist_len` without first

checking if chanlist_len is zero. If a user program submits a command with

chanlist_len set to zero, this causes a divide-by-zero error when the device

processes data in the interrupt handler path.

Add a check for zero chanlist_len at the beginning of the

function, similar to the existing checks for !map and

CMDF_RAWDATA flag. When chanlist_len is zero, update

munge_count and return early, indicating the data was

handled without munging.

This prevents potential kernel panics from malformed user commands.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00210 · 10.6th percentile
Published
2025-10-31T14:15Z
References (8)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 31 OCT 09:41Z
    comedi: fix divide-by-zero in comedi_buf_munge()
    cvelistv5