CVE-2025-71094net: usb: asix: validate PHY address before use
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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
- 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Linux
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Oct 19, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name) | from 7e88b11a862afe59ee0c365123ea5fb96a26cb3b before fc96018f09f8d30586ca6582c5045a84eafef146; from 7e88b11a862afe59ee0c365123ea5fb96a26cb3b before f5f4f30f3811d37e1aa48667c36add74e5a8d99f; from 7e88b11a862afe59ee0c365123ea5fb96a26cb3b before 38722e69ee64dbb020028c93898d25d6f4c0e0b2; from 7e88b11a862afe59ee0c365123ea5fb96a26cb3b before 98a12c2547a44a5f03f35c108d2022cc652cbc4d; from 7e88b11a862afe59ee0c365123ea5fb96a26cb3b before bf8a0f3b787ca7c5889bfca12c60c483041fbee3; from 7e88b11a862afe59ee0c365123ea5fb96a26cb3b before a1e077a3f76eea0dc671ed6792e7d543946227e8; 4e4f3cb41d687bd64cd03358862b23c84d82329e; from 5.13.13 before 5.14 | CNA record |
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel | from 5.13.13 before 5.14; from 5.14.1 before 5.15.198; from 5.16 before 6.1.160; from 6.2 before 6.6.120; from 6.7 before 6.12.64; from 6.13 before 6.18.4; 5.14; 6.19; and 7 more ranges | NVD |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc96018f09f8d30586ca6582c5045a84eafef146patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5f4f30f3811d37e1aa48667c36add74e5a8d99fpatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38722e69ee64dbb020028c93898d25d6f4c0e0b2patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98a12c2547a44a5f03f35c108d2022cc652cbc4dpatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf8a0f3b787ca7c5889bfca12c60c483041fbee3patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1e077a3f76eea0dc671ed6792e7d543946227e8patch
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