[PATCH] fbdev: pm3fb: Fix potential divide by zero

Helge Deller deller at gmx.de
Sun Jun 8 13:12:15 UTC 2025


On 6/7/25 21:49, Alex Guo wrote:
> variable var->pixclock can be set by user. In case it equals to
>   zero, divide by zero would occur in pm3fb_check_var. Similar
> crashes have happened in other fbdev drivers. There is no check
> and modification on var->pixclock along the call chain to
> pm3fb_check_var. So we fix this by checking whether 'pixclock'
> is zero.
> 
> Similar commit: commit 16844e58704 ("video: fbdev: tridentfb:
> Error out if 'pixclock' equals zero")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alex Guo <alexguo1023 at gmail.com>
> ---
>   drivers/video/fbdev/pm3fb.c | 3 +++
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

applied.

Thanks!
Helge


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