{"cve":"CVE-2025-38086","nvd":{"published":"2025-06-28T08:15:24.997","modified":"2026-06-17T09:16:01.590","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: ch9200: fix uninitialised access during mii_nway_restart\n\nIn mii_nway_restart() the code attempts to call\nmii->mdio_read which is ch9200_mdio_read(). ch9200_mdio_read()\nutilises a local buffer called \"buff\", which is initialised\nwith control_read(). However \"buff\" is conditionally\ninitialised inside control_read():\n\n        if (err == size) {\n                memcpy(data, buf, size);\n        }\n\nIf the condition of \"err == size\" is not met, then\n\"buff\" remains uninitialised. Once this happens the\nuninitialised \"buff\" is accessed and returned during\nch9200_mdio_read():\n\n        return (buff[0] | buff[1] << 8);\n\nThe problem stems from the fact that ch9200_mdio_read()\nignores the return value of control_read(), leading to\nuinit-access of \"buff\".\n\nTo fix this we should check the return value of\ncontrol_read() and return early on error.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-908"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/119766de4930ff40db9f36b960cb53b0c400e81b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33163c68d2e3061fa3935b5f0a1867958b1cdbd2","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4da7fcc098218ff92b2e83a43f545c02f714cedd","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bd2569d0b2f918e9581f744df0263caf73ee76c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a350f30d65197354706b7759b5c89d6c267b1a9"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:03:23.287444849+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38086","score":0.00201,"percentile":0.10003,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}