Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 4, 2025· Updated Sep 29, 2025
net: ftgmac100: fix potential NULL pointer access in ftgmac100_phy_disconnect
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.
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 6.12
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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