CVE-2025-71094
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: usb: asix: validate PHY address before use The ASIX driver reads the PHY address from the USB device via asix_read_phy_addr().
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.13%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: usb: asix: validate PHY address before use The ASIX driver reads the PHY address from the USB device via asix_read_phy_addr(). A malicious or faulty device can return an invalid address (>= PHY_MAX_ADDR), which causes a warning in mdiobus_get_phy(): addr 207 out of range WARNING: drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c:76 Validate the PHY address in asix_read_phy_addr() and remove the now-redundant check in ax88172a.c.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.13% probability · 3th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38722e69ee64dbb020028c93898d25d6f4c0e0b2Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98a12c2547a44a5f03f35c108d2022cc652cbc4dPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1e077a3f76eea0dc671ed6792e7d543946227e8Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf8a0f3b787ca7c5889bfca12c60c483041fbee3Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5f4f30f3811d37e1aa48667c36add74e5a8d99fPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc96018f09f8d30586ca6582c5045a84eafef146Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.