# CVE-2024-50233: staging: iio: frequency: ad9832: fix division by zero in ad9832\_calc\_freqreg()

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-11-09 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 2.6.39

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: iio: frequency: ad9832: fix division by zero in ad9832_calc_freqreg() In the ad9832_write_frequency() function, clk_get_rate() might return 0. This can lead to a division by zero when calling ad9832_calc_freqreg(). The check if (fout > (clk_get_rate(st->mclk) / 2)) does not protect against the case when fout is 0. The ad9832_write_frequency() function is called from ad9832_write(), and fout is derived from a text buffer, which can contain any value.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcd6b59f7a774558e2525251c68aa37aff748e55
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/442f786c5bff8cfd756ebdeaa4aadbf05c22aa5a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f39548f45693d86e950647012a214da6917dc9f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ccbc10647aafe2b7506edb4b10e19c6c2416c162
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/adfbc08b94e7df08b9ed5fa26b969cc1b54c84ec
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd9e1cf619c945f320e686dcaf13e37ef0b05fdd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bd301819f8f69331a55ae2336c8b111fc933f3d

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