CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-38736

HighCVSS 7.1
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.15%

5th percentile - higher than 5% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a vulnerability was found in the asix_devices driver for USB Ethernet devices. During MDIO bus initialization, the PHY address was not masked to 5 bits, potentially allowing invalid addresses and causing a shift-out-of-bounds exception.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to destabilize the system by crashing the network driver, potentially leading to a denial of service (DoS) when a USB Ethernet device is connected.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that masks the PHY address with 0x1f (31).

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS