{"cve":"CVE-2025-38126","nvd":{"published":"2025-07-03T09:15:26.800","modified":"2026-06-17T09:16:06.540","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: stmmac: make sure that ptp_rate is not 0 before configuring timestamping\n\nThe stmmac platform drivers that do not open-code the clk_ptp_rate value\nafter having retrieved the default one from the device-tree can end up\nwith 0 in clk_ptp_rate (as clk_get_rate can return 0). It will\neventually propagate up to PTP initialization when bringing up the\ninterface, leading to a divide by 0:\n\n Division by zero in kernel.\n CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.12.30-00001-g48313bd5768a #22\n Hardware name: STM32 (Device Tree Support)\n Call trace:\n  unwind_backtrace from show_stack+0x18/0x1c\n  show_stack from dump_stack_lvl+0x6c/0x8c\n  dump_stack_lvl from Ldiv0_64+0x8/0x18\n  Ldiv0_64 from stmmac_init_tstamp_counter+0x190/0x1a4\n  stmmac_init_tstamp_counter from stmmac_hw_setup+0xc1c/0x111c\n  stmmac_hw_setup from __stmmac_open+0x18c/0x434\n  __stmmac_open from stmmac_open+0x3c/0xbc\n  stmmac_open from __dev_open+0xf4/0x1ac\n  __dev_open from __dev_change_flags+0x1cc/0x224\n  __dev_change_flags from dev_change_flags+0x24/0x60\n  dev_change_flags from ip_auto_config+0x2e8/0x11a0\n  ip_auto_config from do_one_initcall+0x84/0x33c\n  do_one_initcall from kernel_init_freeable+0x1b8/0x214\n  kernel_init_freeable from kernel_init+0x24/0x140\n  kernel_init from ret_from_fork+0x14/0x28\n Exception stack(0xe0815fb0 to 0xe0815ff8)\n\nPrevent this division by 0 by adding an explicit check and error log\nabout the actual issue. While at it, remove the same check from\nstmmac_ptp_register, which then becomes duplicate","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-369"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/030ce919e114a111e83b7976ecb3597cefd33f26","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32af9c289234990752281c805500dfe03c5b2b8f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/379cd990dfe752b38fcf46034698a9a150626c7a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b263088ee8ab14563817a8be3519af8e25225793","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb033c6781ce1b0264c3993b767b4aa9021959c2"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:04:28.436527499+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38126","score":0.00193,"percentile":0.09062,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}