CVE-2025-38726

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ftgmac100: fix potential NULL pointer access in ftgmac100_phy_disconnect After the call to phy_disconnect() netdev->phydev is reset to NULL. So fixed_phy_unregister() would be called with a NULL pointer as argument. Therefore cache the phy_device before this call.

CVSS 3.1

5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 3% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-476

Published

2025-09-04

Modified

2026-10-19

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-21

Affected

• linux:linux_kernel

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44bcd397ad9cd1a6b25fabb7f5edbee4fb0cfc2e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ad90dd34b4e8e5be1e45a4559f4de0f14e53af2
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae59ec969c07c73f0610f8bd7e648f01e798d222
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e88fbc30dda1cb7438515303704ceddb3ade4ecd

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