High severity7.1NVD Advisory· Published Sep 5, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2025-38736

Description

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

net: usb: asix_devices: Fix PHY address mask in MDIO bus initialization

Syzbot reported shift-out-of-bounds exception on MDIO bus initialization.

The PHY address should be masked to 5 bits (0-31). Without this mask, invalid PHY addresses could be used, potentially causing issues with MDIO bus operations.

Fix this by masking the PHY address with 0x1f (31 decimal) to ensure it stays within the valid range.

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Affected products

116

Debian/linux
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Linux/Kernel5 versions
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=6.15.11,<6.16
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: 6.12.43
osv-coords110 versions
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pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-qa&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-qa&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-rt_debug&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-rt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-rt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source-azure&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source-rt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-syms-azure&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-syms&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-syms&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-syms-rt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 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pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_6&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2015%20SP7 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-obs-build&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-obs-build&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP7 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-obs-qa&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-obs-qa&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt_debug&distro=SUSE%20Real%20Time%20Module%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.1 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt&distro=SUSE%20Real%20Time%20Module%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt&distro=SUSE%20Real%20Time%20Module%2015%20SP7 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Public%20Cloud%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Public%20Cloud%2015%20SP7 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP7 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP7 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.1 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.1 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-rt&distro=SUSE%20Real%20Time%20Module%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-rt&distro=SUSE%20Real%20Time%20Module%2015%20SP7 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Public%20Cloud%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Public%20Cloud%2015%20SP7 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP7 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms-rt&distro=SUSE%20Real%20Time%20Module%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms-rt&distro=SUSE%20Real%20Time%20Module%2015%20SP7 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP7 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0
< 6.4.0-150600.23.73.1+ 109 more
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.73.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.73.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.8.52.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.73.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.73.1.150600.12.32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1.160000.2.4
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.73.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.73.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.10.55.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.8.52.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.73.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.10.55.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.8.52.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.73.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.73.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.22.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.73.1.150600.12.32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.22.1.150700.17.15.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1.160000.2.4
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- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 1-150700.15.3.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.7.22.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.20.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.73.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
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CVE-2025-38736

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