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CVE-2025-71094 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38722e69ee64dbb020028c93898d25d6f4c0e0b2 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98a12c2547a44a5f03f35c108d2022cc652cbc4d kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1e077a3f76eea0dc671ed6792e7d543946227e8 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf8a0f3b787ca7c5889bfca12c60c483041fbee3 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5f4f30f3811d37e1aa48667c36add74e5a8d99f kernel.org

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-71094
NVD Published Date:
01/13/2026
NVD Last Modified:
01/14/2026
Source:
kernel.org