CVE-2025-38725: net: usb: asix_devices: add phy_mask for ax88772 mdio bus

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-09-04 · updated 2026-10-19
Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: usb: asix_devices: add phy_mask for ax88772 mdio bus Without setting phy_mask for ax88772 mdio bus, current driver may create at most 32 mdio phy devices with phy address range from 0x00 ~ 0x1f. DLink DUB-E100 H/W Ver B1 is such a device. However, only one main phy device will bind to net phy driver. This is creating issue during system suspend/resume since phy_polling_mode() in phy_state_machine() will directly deference member of phydev->drv for non-main phy devices. Then NULL pointer dereference issue will occur. Due to only external phy or internal phy is necessary, add phy_mask for ax88772 mdio bus to workarnoud the issue.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 11.0
Linux kernel: from 5.14 before 5.15.190; from 5.16 before 6.1.149; from 6.2 before 6.6.103; from 6.7 before 6.12.43; from 6.13 before 6.15.11; from 6.16 before 6.16.2 — fixed in 5.15.190, 6.1.149, 6.12.43, 6.15.11, 6.16.2, 6.6.103

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.15.190, 6.1.149, 6.12.43, 6.15.11. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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