The vulnerability of the em_compute_costs() function in the kernel/power/energy_model.c module of the Linux operating system allows a hacker to trigger a service failure.

The vulnerability of the emcomputecosts function in the kernel/power/energymodel.c module of the Linux operating system is related to the lack of checks for division by zero. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a service failure...

CVE-2025-38297: Divide By Zero

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PM: EM: Fix potential division-by-zero error in emcomputecosts When the device is of a non-CPU type, tablei.performance won't be initialized in the previous eminitperformance, resulting in division by zero when calculating costs ...