CVE-2026-97970 (GCVE-0-2026-97970)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-25 10:23
Modified
2026-10-19 09:11
Severity ?
Summary
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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Linux Linux Version: e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8
Version: e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8
Version: e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8
Version: e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8
Version: e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8
Version: e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8
Version: e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8
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