Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 13, 2026· Updated Feb 9, 2026
net: usb: asix: validate PHY address before use
CVE-2025-71094
Description
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.
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 5.14
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
6- git.kernel.org/stable/c/38722e69ee64dbb020028c93898d25d6f4c0e0b2mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/98a12c2547a44a5f03f35c108d2022cc652cbc4dmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1e077a3f76eea0dc671ed6792e7d543946227e8mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf8a0f3b787ca7c5889bfca12c60c483041fbee3mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5f4f30f3811d37e1aa48667c36add74e5a8d99fmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc96018f09f8d30586ca6582c5045a84eafef146mitre
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