CVE-2026-31603 staging: sm750fb: fix division by zero in ps_to_hz()

What is CVE-2026-31603?

CVE-2026-31603 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 24 Apr 2026. 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:

staging: sm750fb: fix division by zero in ps_to_hz()

ps_to_hz() is called from hw_sm750_crtc_set_mode() without validating that pixclock is non-zero. A zero pixclock passed via FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO causes a division by zero.

Fix by rejecting zero pixclock in lynxfb_ops_check_var(), consistent with other framebuffer drivers.

Weakness: CWE-369

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-31603?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2026-31603?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2026-31603 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-31603 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as AZL-83747, BELL-CVE-2026-31603, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-31603, GHSA-rfh9-x593-fmpr, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2026-31603, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2026-31603 and 3 more.