# CVE-2026-98390: x86/amd\_node: Avoid divide by zero on virtualized systems

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.18, 6.18.53, 7.2.7
- Published: 2026-10-14 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 0a4b61d9c2e496b5f0a10e29e355a1465c8738bb, fixed in 9273a90465d58b82aca4bea71451ef6bee084928; from 0a4b61d9c2e496b5f0a10e29e355a1465c8738bb, fixed in 94e984d8858a3228952b02f84e66610961098cc2; from 0a4b61d9c2e496b5f0a10e29e355a1465c8738bb, fixed in 72bd92bd8190d7869ecb462649ca40f297822a33; from 6.17.8, fixed in 6.18
- Linux: 6.18
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.18.0, fixed in 6.18.53; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.7

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/amd_node: Avoid divide by zero on virtualized systems On a virtualized system, the number of nodes does not have a relationship to the number of roots. A Xen PVH dom0 can calculate roots_per_node as 0, which crashes with a divide by zero in: if (count++ % roots_per_node) because the underlying topology code on Xen ends up making num_nodes 2 and num_roots 1 and the integer division result is 0. The issue is seen with Xen, but it could affect other systems. Set roots_per_node to 1 in this case. Print a firmware bug when this is performed for non-virtualized systems. [ bp: Massage commit message. ]

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9273a90465d58b82aca4bea71451ef6bee084928
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94e984d8858a3228952b02f84e66610961098cc2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72bd92bd8190d7869ecb462649ca40f297822a33

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