CVE-2025-38110

High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mdiobus: Fix potential out-of-bounds clause 45 read/write access When using publicly available tools like 'mdio-tools' to read/write data from/to network interface and its PHY via C45 (clause 45) mdiobus, there is no verification of parameters passed to the ioctl and it accepts any mdio address. Currently there is support for 32 addresses in kernel via PHY_MAX_ADDR define, but it is possible to pass higher value than that via ioctl. While read/write operation should generally fail in this case, mdiobus provides stats array, where wrong address may allow out-of-bounds read/write. Fix that by adding address verification before C45 read/write operation. While this excludes this access from any statistics, it improves security of read/write operation.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedJul 3, 2025
First seenJul 3, 2025

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel6.6.94, 6.12.34, 6.15.3 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel6.3 ≤ v < 6.6.94, 6.7 ≤ v < 6.12.34, 6.13 ≤ v < 6.15.3, 6.166.6.94, 6.12.34, 6.15.3

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