The DesignWare SPI driver (drivers/spi/spi_dw.c) computed the SPI BAUDR clock divider as info->clock_frequency / config->frequency without validating config->frequency.
spi_transceive is a Zephyr __syscall and its verify handler (drivers/spi/spi_handlers.c) copies the caller-supplied spi_config from userspace without checking the frequency field, so a userspace thread that has been granted access to a DesignWare SPI device kernel object can pass frequency = 0 and trigger an unsigned integer divide-by-zero in spi_dw_configure().
On Cortex-M Mainline (SCB->CCR.DIV_0_TRP is set in z_arm_fault_init()) and on ARC (a dedicated __ev_div_zero vector) this raises a CPU exception, resulting in a kernel fault and local denial of service.
The fix rejects zero frequency and frequencies above clock_frequency / 2 (the DesignWare SSI databook minimum SCKDIV of 2) with -EINVAL. The defect affects all Zephyr releases up to and including v4.4.0; exploitation requires CONFIG_USERSPACE=y and an unprivileged thread already granted SPI driver permission. There is no memory-corruption or information-disclosure impact.
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History
30 Jul 2026, 15:54
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:zephyrproject:zephyr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| References | () https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/commit/65935885622b0e4a5dbe5b82504c30097eb75ce0 - Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/security/advisories/GHSA-3qcm-qwh2-v4hq - Patch, Vendor Advisory | |
| First Time |
Zephyrproject zephyr
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21 Jul 2026, 22:17
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-07-21 22:17
Updated : 2026-07-30 15:54
NVD link : CVE-2026-10679
Mitre link : CVE-2026-10679
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-10679
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Products Affected
zephyrproject
- zephyr
CWE
CWE-369
Divide By Zero
