CVE-2025-71094
net: usb: asix: validate PHY address before use
CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
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.
| Vendor | linux |
| Product | linux |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | Technology |
| Published | Jan 13, 2026 |
| Last Updated | May 11, 2026 |
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Affected Versions
Linux / Linux
7e88b11a862afe59ee0c365123ea5fb96a26cb3b < fc96018f09f8d30586ca6582c5045a84eafef146 7e88b11a862afe59ee0c365123ea5fb96a26cb3b < f5f4f30f3811d37e1aa48667c36add74e5a8d99f 7e88b11a862afe59ee0c365123ea5fb96a26cb3b < 38722e69ee64dbb020028c93898d25d6f4c0e0b2 7e88b11a862afe59ee0c365123ea5fb96a26cb3b < 98a12c2547a44a5f03f35c108d2022cc652cbc4d 7e88b11a862afe59ee0c365123ea5fb96a26cb3b < bf8a0f3b787ca7c5889bfca12c60c483041fbee3 7e88b11a862afe59ee0c365123ea5fb96a26cb3b < a1e077a3f76eea0dc671ed6792e7d543946227e8 4e4f3cb41d687bd64cd03358862b23c84d82329e
Linux / Linux
5.14
References
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc96018f09f8d30586ca6582c5045a84eafef146 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5f4f30f3811d37e1aa48667c36add74e5a8d99f git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38722e69ee64dbb020028c93898d25d6f4c0e0b2 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98a12c2547a44a5f03f35c108d2022cc652cbc4d git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf8a0f3b787ca7c5889bfca12c60c483041fbee3 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1e077a3f76eea0dc671ed6792e7d543946227e8