# CVE-2024-39475: fbdev: savage: Handle err return when savagefb_check_var failed

> A missing error check in the Savage framebuffer driver allows a divide-by-zero error, causing a kernel crash and denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 5 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 23 May 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-43276, BELL-CVE-2024-39475, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-39475, GHSA-4h39-wwj7-hq2m, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-39475

## What is CVE-2024-39475?

CVE-2024-39475 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 5 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

fbdev: savage: Handle err return when savagefb_check_var failed

The commit 04e5eac8f3ab("fbdev: savage: Error out if pixclock equals zero")
checks the value of pixclock to avoid divide-by-zero error. However
the function savagefb_probe doesn't handle the error return of
savagefb_check_var. When pixclock is 0, it will cause divide-by-zero error.

Weakness: CWE-369 (Divide By Zero)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-39475?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-39475?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-39475 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-39475 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-39475 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-39475 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 5 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-39475 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39475/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39475/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-39475
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39475
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-39475

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39475/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.