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(). 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 v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38722e69ee64dbb020028c93898d25d6f4c0e0b2	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98a12c2547a44a5f03f35c108d2022cc652cbc4d	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1e077a3f76eea0dc671ed6792e7d543946227e8	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf8a0f3b787ca7c5889bfca12c60c483041fbee3	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5f4f30f3811d37e1aa48667c36add74e5a8d99f	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc96018f09f8d30586ca6582c5045a84eafef146	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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History

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Information

Published : 2026-01-13 16:16

Updated : 2026-03-25 17:32

NVD link : CVE-2025-71094

Mitre link : CVE-2025-71094

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-71094

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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