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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-98919" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-10-23T12:01:55.092Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-23T12:05:08.723Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:41.756Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-98919" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-98919.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98919" title: "drm/xe: harden adjust_idledly() against divide-by-zero and overflow" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/xe: harden adjust_idledly() against divide-by-zero and overflow\n\nadjust_idledly() has several corner-case issues flagged during review:\n\n 1. If xe_gt_clock_init() failed to recognise the crystal clock,\n gt-\u003einfo.timestamp_base is 0, which makes idledly_units_ps also 0.\n The subsequent DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(..., idledly_units_ps) is then a\n divide-by-zero and panics the kernel.\n\n 2. The tick-to-ns conversions are done in u32:\n idledly * idledly_units_ps, (maxcnt - 1) * 1000\n Both overflow u32 before DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST() sees them.\n\n 3. If IDLE_WAIT_TIME reads back as 0, maxcnt evaluates to 0 and\n the maxcnt - 1 clamp wraps to 0xFFFFFFFF in u32.\n\n 4. The register only stores whole ticks, so the clamped ns value has\n to be converted to ticks and back. DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST() can round\n that conversion up past maxcnt:\n\n maxcnt = 640 ns, one tick = 666664 ps\n\n clamp: maxcnt - 1 = 639 ns\n ns -\u003e ticks: 639000 / 666664 = 0.958 -\u003e rounds to 1 tick\n tick -\u003e ns: 1 * 666664 / 1000 = 667 ns\n\n 667 ns is programmed into RING_IDLEDLY, but 667 \u003e= maxcnt (640),\n so xe_gt_WARN_ON() fires again on every subsequent init.\n\nReturn early if timestamp_base is 0 (the unknown-crystal path).\nDo the conversions in u64 via the *_ULL() helpers so they cannot wrap.\nClamp with a floor (DIV_ROUND_DOWN_ULL) so the programmed delay stays\nstrictly below maxcnt, and guard the maxcnt == 0 case with a zero delay\nwhile still writing RING_IDLEDLY so INHIBIT_SWITCH_UNTIL_PREEMPTED is\ncleared.\n\nv2: Drop the redundant warn on the timestamp_base == 0 path;\n xe_gt_clock_init() already warns on an unrecognised crystal clock.\n Keep the early return to avoid the divide-by-zero. - Vinay\n\nv3: Field-mask the RING_IDLEDLY write with REG_FIELD_PREP(IDLE_DELAY, ...)\n instead of writing the raw tick count, which could clobber\n INHIBIT_SWITCH_UNTIL_PREEMPTED and reserved bits. Split the\n inhibit-switch clear from the maxcnt clamp so a set inhibit bit no\n longer forces a needless delay overwrite when the delay itself is\n already valid. Use gt_to_xe(gt) instead of gt_to_xe(hwe-\u003egt).\n\n(cherry picked from commit d864065ea25e9d12897c175de9176ce46677e176)" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"d2de4410a88ffc6053300d03041cc73b8c85dbaf","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"2bcbfc5e7bfa9cc76818c54db698da5bdc13d9ff"},{"version":"d2de4410a88ffc6053300d03041cc73b8c85dbaf","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"531d4cd03118224022dc21ae25af052ce2a9e267"},{"version":"d2de4410a88ffc6053300d03041cc73b8c85dbaf","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"90f467577ebc28c5bc4ba2f0f1b83a4419fb0740"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.15","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.15"},{"version":"6.18.55","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.2.9","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*"},{"version":"7.3","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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