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1From 7e0ebfd13e55a706396197437f375692bbf75d15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
2From: Prasad J Pandit <pjp@fedoraproject.org>
3Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 11:28:08 +0530
4Subject: [PATCH 2/2] char: serial: check divider value against baud base
5
616550A UART device uses an oscillator to generate frequencies
7(baud base), which decide communication speed. This speed could
8be changed by dividing it by a divider. If the divider is
9greater than the baud base, speed is set to zero, leading to a
10divide by zero error. Add check to avoid it.
11
12Reported-by: Huawei PSIRT <psirt@huawei.com>
13Signed-off-by: Prasad J Pandit <pjp@fedoraproject.org>
14---
15 hw/char/serial.c | 3 ++-
16 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
17
18diff --git a/hw/char/serial.c b/hw/char/serial.c
19index 3442f47..eec72b7 100644
20--- a/hw/char/serial.c
21+++ b/hw/char/serial.c
22@@ -153,8 +153,9 @@ static void serial_update_parameters(SerialState *s)
23 int speed, parity, data_bits, stop_bits, frame_size;
24 QEMUSerialSetParams ssp;
25
26- if (s->divider == 0)
27+ if (s->divider == 0 || s->divider > s->baudbase) {
28 return;
29+ }
30
31 /* Start bit. */
32 frame_size = 1;
33--
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