CVE-2023-53019

net: mdio: validate parameter addr in mdiobus_get_phy()

published March 27, 2025

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
9.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: mdio: validate parameter addr in mdiobus_get_phy()

The caller may pass any value as addr, what may result in an out-of-bounds

access to array mdio_map. One existing case is stmmac_init_phy() that

may pass -1 as addr. Therefore validate addr before using it.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00201 · 9.5th percentile
Published
2025-03-27T16:43Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 MAR 16:43Z
    net: mdio: validate parameter addr in mdiobus_get_phy()
    cvelistv5