CVE-2025-71094

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description The ASIX driver in the Linux kernel does not properly validate the PHY address read from a USB device via the asix read phy addr() function. A malicious or faulty device could return an invalid address greater than or equal to PHY MAX ADDR, leading to a warning in mdiobus get phy(). The issue is addressed by validating the PHY address in asix read phy addr() and removing a redundant check in ax88172a.c.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.