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

drm/amd/display: Initialize get_bytes_per_element's default to 1

Variables, used as denominators and maybe not assigned to other values,
should not be 0. bytes_per_element_y & bytes_per_element_c are
initialized by get_bytes_per_element() which should never return 0.

This fixes 10 DIVIDE_BY_ZERO issues reported by Coverity.
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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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History

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 23:30:00 +0000

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Fri, 25 Oct 2024 15:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses CWE-369
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 22 Oct 2024 13:30:00 +0000

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cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Mon, 21 Oct 2024 18:15:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Initialize get_bytes_per_element's default to 1 Variables, used as denominators and maybe not assigned to other values, should not be 0. bytes_per_element_y & bytes_per_element_c are initialized by get_bytes_per_element() which should never return 0. This fixes 10 DIVIDE_BY_ZERO issues reported by Coverity.
Title drm/amd/display: Initialize get_bytes_per_element's default to 1
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-03T22:22:56.885Z

Reserved: 2024-10-21T12:17:06.025Z

Link: CVE-2024-49892

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-03T22:22:56.885Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-10-21T18:15:11.757

Modified: 2025-11-03T23:16:29.337

Link: CVE-2024-49892

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-10-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-49892 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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