Not yet scoredPublished Sep 25, 2026

CVE-2026-97970watchdog: msc313e: Avoid division by zero

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 5:40 AM ET)

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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.

CVSS: Not yet scored
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Received
Record last updated: Oct 19, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8 before 5168267d5ae6f26f751512003df4263ae91ee3f0; from e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8 before db900bc7c0739e5505a84bebb1bff2c3f67860e3; from e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8 before 660571b082331d250fbcef92363e15b38d107520; from e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8 before 3ae8eb30f8a0a839bf36fa62e4201ac99946447f; from e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8 before 47eae41c630b9d2ce16a528a1517d4d2f857cd47; from e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8 before 5788a6747eda85051838628b40c430ec6343f3c6; from e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8 before 3c73a37f5e40972ce26d8eeb98e8b938d719b069	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5168267d5ae6f26f751512003df4263ae91ee3f0
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db900bc7c0739e5505a84bebb1bff2c3f67860e3
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/660571b082331d250fbcef92363e15b38d107520
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ae8eb30f8a0a839bf36fa62e4201ac99946447f
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47eae41c630b9d2ce16a528a1517d4d2f857cd47
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5788a6747eda85051838628b40c430ec6343f3c6
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c73a37f5e40972ce26d8eeb98e8b938d719b069

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