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net: usb: asix: validate PHY address before use

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

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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CVE-2025-71094

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Source reference: cve:CVE-2025-71094

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Linux

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/1/product

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