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CVE-2023-54242— block, bfq: Fix division by zero error on zero wsum

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Affected
Linux Linux
Exploitation
No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
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Check the vendor advisory and references for a fixed version. If immediate upgrade is impossible, restrict exposure and increase monitoring.

Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于加权和为零时未处理，可能导致除零错误。

AI Predicted 4.7 Difficulty: Easy EPSS 0.20% · P9

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1496 · Resource Hijacking

Affected Version Matrix 8

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux 76f1df88bbc2f984eb0418cc90de0a8384e63604< 1655cfc85250a224b0d9486c8136baeea33b9b5c affected
76f1df88bbc2f984eb0418cc90de0a8384e63604< c0346a59d719461248c6dc6f21c9e55ef836b66f affected
76f1df88bbc2f984eb0418cc90de0a8384e63604< e53413f8deedf738a6782cc14cc00bd5852ccf18 affected
5.17 affected
< 5.17 unaffected
6.1.30≤ 6.1.* unaffected
6.3.4≤ 6.3.* unaffected
6.4≤ * unaffected
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2023-54242

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Vulnerability Title
block, bfq: Fix division by zero error on zero wsum
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block, bfq: Fix division by zero error on zero wsum When the weighted sum is zero the calculation of limit causes a division by zero error. Fix this by continuing to the next level. This was discovered by running as root: stress-ng --ioprio 0 Fixes divison by error oops: [ 521.450556] divide error: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI [ 521.450766] CPU: 2 PID: 2684464 Comm: stress-ng-iopri Not tainted 6.2.1-1280.native #1 [ 521.451117] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.1-0-g3208b098f51a-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [ 521.451627] RIP: 0010:bfqq_request_over_limit+0x207/0x400 [ 521.451875] Code: 01 48 8d 0c c8 74 0b 48 8b 82 98 00 00 00 48 8d 0c c8 8b 85 34 ff ff ff 48 89 ca 41 0f af 41 50 48 d1 ea 48 98 48 01 d0 31 d2 <48> f7 f1 41 39 41 48 89 85 34 ff ff ff 0f 8c 7b 01 00 00 49 8b 44 [ 521.452699] RSP: 0018:ffffb1af84eb3948 EFLAGS: 00010046 [ 521.452938] RAX: 000000000000003c RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 521.453262] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffb1af84eb3978 [ 521.453584] RBP: ffffb1af84eb3a30 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffff8f88ab8a4ba0 [ 521.453905] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff8f88ab8a4b18 [ 521.454224] R13: ffff8f8699093000 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: ffffb1af84eb3970 [ 521.454549] FS: 00005640b6b0b580(0000) GS:ffff8f88b3880000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 521.454912] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 521.455170] CR2: 00007ffcbcae4e38 CR3: 00000002e46de001 CR4: 0000000000770ee0 [ 521.455491] PKRU: 55555554 [ 521.455619] Call Trace: [ 521.455736] <TASK> [ 521.455837] ? bfq_request_merge+0x3a/0xc0 [ 521.456027] ? elv_merge+0x115/0x140 [ 521.456191] bfq_limit_depth+0xc8/0x240 [ 521.456366] __blk_mq_alloc_requests+0x21a/0x2c0 [ 521.456577] blk_mq_submit_bio+0x23c/0x6c0 [ 521.456766] __submit_bio+0xb8/0x140 [ 521.457236] submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x212/0x300 [ 521.457748] submit_bio_noacct+0x1a6/0x580 [ 521.458220] submit_bio+0x43/0x80 [ 521.458660] ext4_io_submit+0x23/0x80 [ 521.459116] ext4_do_writepages+0x40a/0xd00 [ 521.459596] ext4_writepages+0x65/0x100 [ 521.460050] do_writepages+0xb7/0x1c0 [ 521.460492] __filemap_fdatawrite_range+0xa6/0x100 [ 521.460979] file_write_and_wait_range+0xbf/0x140 [ 521.461452] ext4_sync_file+0x105/0x340 [ 521.461882] __x64_sys_fsync+0x67/0x100 [ 521.462305] ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x2c/0x1c0 [ 521.462768] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0xc0 [ 521.463165] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x5a/0xc4 [ 521.463621] RIP: 0033:0x5640b6c56590 [ 521.464006] Code: 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 83 c8 ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 80 3d 71 70 0e 00 00 74 17 b8 4a 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 48 c3 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 48 83 ec 18 89 7c
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于加权和为零时未处理，可能导致除零错误。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
Linux Linux 76f1df88bbc2f984eb0418cc90de0a8384e63604 ~ 1655cfc85250a224b0d9486c8136baeea33b9b5c -
Linux Linux 5.17 -

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Other References for CVE-2023-54242 (3)

Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2025-12-30 · 244 CVEs total

CVE-2023-54184 9.8 CRITICAL scsi: target: iscsit: Free cmds before session free
CVE-2023-54223 9.8 CRITICAL net/mlx5e: xsk: Fix invalid buffer access for legacy rq
CVE-2023-54237 9.8 CRITICAL net/smc: fix potential panic dues to unprotected smc_llc_srv_add_link()
CVE-2023-54257 9.8 CRITICAL net: macb: fix a memory corruption in extended buffer descriptor mode
CVE-2023-54258 9.8 CRITICAL cifs: fix potential oops in cifs_oplock_break
CVE-2023-54269 9.8 CRITICAL SUNRPC: double free xprt_ctxt while still in use
CVE-2023-54280 9.8 CRITICAL cifs: fix potential race when tree connecting ipc
CVE-2023-54292 9.8 CRITICAL RDMA/irdma: Fix data race on CQP request done
CVE-2023-54203 9.1 CRITICAL ksmbd: fix slab-out-of-bounds in init_smb2_rsp_hdr
CVE-2022-50880 8.8 HIGH wifi: ath10k: add peer map clean up for peer delete in ath10k_sta_state()
CVE-2023-54262 8.8 HIGH net/mlx5e: Don't clone flow post action attributes second time
CVE-2023-54214 8.8 HIGH Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix potential user-after-free
CVE-2023-54162 8.8 HIGH ksmbd: fix possible memory leak in smb2_lock()
CVE-2023-54318 8.8 HIGH net/smc: use smc_lgr_list.lock to protect smc_lgr_list.list iterate in smcr_port_add
CVE-2023-54250 8.2 HIGH ksmbd: avoid out of bounds access in decode_preauth_ctxt()
CVE-2023-54164 8.0 HIGH Bluetooth: ISO: fix iso_conn related locking and validity issues
CVE-2023-54206 7.8 HIGH net/sched: flower: fix filter idr initialization
CVE-2023-54202 7.8 HIGH drm/i915: fix race condition UAF in i915_perf_add_config_ioctl
CVE-2023-54210 7.8 HIGH Bluetooth: hci_sync: Avoid use-after-free in dbg for hci_remove_adv_monitor()
CVE-2023-54243 7.8 HIGH netfilter: ebtables: fix table blob use-after-free

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