# watchdog: msc313e: Avoid division by zero

CVE record · `CVE-2026-97970`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97970`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 25 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 25 Sept 2026, 10:23 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8 to before 5168267d5ae6f26f751512003df4263ae91ee3f0` (git)
  - affected: `e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8 to before db900bc7c0739e5505a84bebb1bff2c3f67860e3` (git)
  - affected: `e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8 to before 660571b082331d250fbcef92363e15b38d107520` (git)
  - affected: `e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8 to before 3ae8eb30f8a0a839bf36fa62e4201ac99946447f` (git)
  - affected: `e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8 to before 47eae41c630b9d2ce16a528a1517d4d2f857cd47` (git)
  - affected: `e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8 to before 5788a6747eda85051838628b40c430ec6343f3c6` (git)
  - affected: `e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8 to before 3c73a37f5e40972ce26d8eeb98e8b938d719b069` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.14`
  - unaffected: `before 5.14` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.222 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.189 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.158 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.111 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.53 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.7 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0017, the 6th percentile, on 12 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 25 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-97970](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97970)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97970](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97970)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5168267d5ae6f26f751512003df4263ae91ee3f0>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db900bc7c0739e5505a84bebb1bff2c3f67860e3>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/660571b082331d250fbcef92363e15b38d107520>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ae8eb30f8a0a839bf36fa62e4201ac99946447f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47eae41c630b9d2ce16a528a1517d4d2f857cd47>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5788a6747eda85051838628b40c430ec6343f3c6>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c73a37f5e40972ce26d8eeb98e8b938d719b069>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

## Check whether this affects you

This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it. Compare the affected versions above with what you run.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), `get_advisory` returns this record and `search_advisories` finds related ones. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/CVE-2026-97970>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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