From: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
To: Hardware Monitoring <linux-hwmon@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>,
Billy Tsai <billy_tsai@aspeedtech.com>,
Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] hwmon: (aspeed-g6-pwm-tach) Guard fan RPM calculation against divide-by-zero
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:23:05 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260629232305.2013406-1-linux@roeck-us.net> (raw)
Sashiko reports:
In the aspeed-g6-pwm-tacho driver, the aspeed_tach_val_to_rpm() function
calculates the fan RPM using the tachometer value. However, it does not
check if the tachometer value is zero before performing the division.
If the hardware reports a tachometer value of 0 (which can happen due to
an extremely fast pulse, a stuck edge, or a hardware glitch), the
calculated tach_div evaluates to 0. The subsequent call to do_div() with
tach_div as the divisor triggers a divide-by-zero exception, leading to
a kernel panic.
Check the divisor against zero to fix the problem.
Fixes: 7e1449cd15d1 ("hwmon: (aspeed-g6-pwm-tacho): Support for ASPEED g6 PWM/Fan tach")
Cc: Billy Tsai <billy_tsai@aspeedtech.com>
Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
---
drivers/hwmon/aspeed-g6-pwm-tach.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/aspeed-g6-pwm-tach.c b/drivers/hwmon/aspeed-g6-pwm-tach.c
index 4f6e6d440dd4..5d611a8e5269 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/aspeed-g6-pwm-tach.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/aspeed-g6-pwm-tach.c
@@ -293,7 +293,10 @@ static int aspeed_tach_val_to_rpm(struct aspeed_pwm_tach_data *priv, u32 tach_va
priv->clk_rate, tach_val, tach_div);
rpm = (u64)priv->clk_rate * 60;
- do_div(rpm, tach_div);
+ if (tach_div)
+ do_div(rpm, tach_div);
+ else
+ rpm = 0;
return (int)rpm;
}
--
2.45.2
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