[PATCH] fbdev: i740: Fix potential divide by zero

From: Alex Guo
Date: Sat Jun 14 2025 - 01:18:51 EST


Variable var->pixclock can be set by user. In case it equals to
zero, divide by zero would occur in 4 switch branches in
i740fb_decode_var.
Similar crashes have happened in other fbdev drivers. We fix this
by checking whether 'pixclock' is zero.

Similar commit: commit 16844e58704 ("video: fbdev: tridentfb:
Error out if 'pixclock' equals zero")

Signed-off-by: Alex Guo <alexguo1023@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/video/fbdev/i740fb.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/i740fb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/i740fb.c
index 9b74dae71472..861e9e397b4e 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/i740fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/i740fb.c
@@ -419,6 +419,10 @@ static int i740fb_decode_var(const struct fb_var_screeninfo *var,


bpp = var->bits_per_pixel;
+ if (!var->pixclock){
+ dev_err(info->device, "pixclock must not be zero\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
switch (bpp) {
case 1 ... 8:
bpp = 8;
--
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