CVE-2026-97970 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

watchdog: msc313e: Avoid division by zero

clk_get_rate() could return 0. Avoid a division by zero panic.

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References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ae8eb30f8a0a839bf36fa62e4201ac99946447f
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c73a37f5e40972ce26d8eeb98e8b938d719b069
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47eae41c630b9d2ce16a528a1517d4d2f857cd47
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5788a6747eda85051838628b40c430ec6343f3c6

History

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-369

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: watchdog: msc313e: Avoid division by zero clk_get_rate() could return 0. Avoid a division by zero panic.
Title		watchdog: msc313e: Avoid division by zero
First Time appeared		Linux Linux linux Kernel
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
Vendors & Products		Linux Linux linux Kernel
References		https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ae8eb30f8a0a839bf36fa62e4201ac99946447f https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c73a37f5e40972ce26d8eeb98e8b938d719b069 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47eae41c630b9d2ce16a528a1517d4d2f857cd47 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5788a6747eda85051838628b40c430ec6343f3c6

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2026-09-25T10:23:10.932Z

Updated: 2026-09-25T10:23:10.932Z

Reserved: 2026-09-25T10:18:58.207Z

Link: CVE-2026-97970

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-25T11:17:24.873

Modified: 2026-09-25T11:17:24.873

Link: CVE-2026-97970

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-25T14:45:18Z

Weaknesses

CWE-369

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