{"cve":"CVE-2025-71094","nvd":{"published":"2026-01-13T16:16:09.150","modified":"2026-10-19T19:17:11.230","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: usb: asix: validate PHY address before use\n\nThe ASIX driver reads the PHY address from the USB device via\nasix_read_phy_addr(). A malicious or faulty device can return an\ninvalid address (>= PHY_MAX_ADDR), which causes a warning in\nmdiobus_get_phy():\n\n  addr 207 out of range\n  WARNING: drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c:76\n\nValidate the PHY address in asix_read_phy_addr() and remove the\nnow-redundant check in ax88172a.c.","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-20"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38722e69ee64dbb020028c93898d25d6f4c0e0b2","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98a12c2547a44a5f03f35c108d2022cc652cbc4d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1e077a3f76eea0dc671ed6792e7d543946227e8","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf8a0f3b787ca7c5889bfca12c60c483041fbee3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5f4f30f3811d37e1aa48667c36add74e5a8d99f"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:43:09.190223697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-71094","score":0.00137,"percentile":0.0308,"date":"2026-10-25"},"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."]}