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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 4, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2025-38726

CVE-2025-38726

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: ftgmac100: fix potential NULL pointer access in ftgmac100_phy_disconnect

After the call to phy_disconnect() netdev->phydev is reset to NULL. So fixed_phy_unregister() would be called with a NULL pointer as argument. Therefore cache the phy_device before this call.

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Affected products

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  • Linux/Kernel3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=6.12,<6.12.43
    • (no CPE)
    • (no CPE)range: 6.12
  • osv-coords
    pkg:linux/kernel
    Range: >= 6.12.0, < 6.12.43

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