CVE-2025-38736CWE-125

CVE-2025-38736

High · published September 5, 2025

CVSS v3.1
7.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
6.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

net: usb: asix_devices: Fix PHY address mask in MDIO bus initialization

Syzbot reported shift-out-of-bounds exception on MDIO bus initialization.

The PHY address should be masked to 5 bits (0-31). Without this

mask, invalid PHY addresses could be used, potentially causing issues

with MDIO bus operations.

Fix this by masking the PHY address with 0x1f (31 decimal) to ensure

it stays within the valid range.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00173 · 6.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read
Published
2025-09-05T22:15Z
Affected products (5)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.15.11, < 6.166.16
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.16.2, < 6.16.46.16.4
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
debian/debian_linuxall versions—
References (10)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 05 SEP 17:20Z
    net: usb: asix_devices: Fix PHY address mask in MDIO bus initialization
    cvelistv5