CVE-2025-38149

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 6.2-6.6.93, 6.7-6.12.33, 6.13-6.15.2 - NULL Pointer Dereference in PHY Device Link Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: phy: clear phydev->devlink when the link is deleted There is a potential crash issue when disabling and re-enabling the network port. When disabling the network port, phy_detach() calls device_link_del() to remove the device link, but it does not clear phydev->devlink, so phydev->devlink is not a NULL pointer. Then the network port is re-enabled, but if phy_attach_direct() fails before calling device_link_add(), the code jumps to the "error" label and calls phy_detach(). Since phydev->devlink retains the old value from the previous attach/detach cycle, device_link_del() uses the old value, which accesses a NULL pointer and causes a crash. The simplified crash log is as follows. [ 24.702421] Call trace: [ 24.704856] device_link_put_kref+0x20/0x120 [ 24.709124] device_link_del+0x30/0x48 [ 24.712864] phy_detach+0x24/0x168 [ 24.716261] phy_attach_direct+0x168/0x3a4 [ 24.720352] phylink_fwnode_phy_connect+0xc8/0x14c [ 24.725140] phylink_of_phy_connect+0x1c/0x34 Therefore, phydev->devlink needs to be cleared when the device link is deleted.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 4.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (14)
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.15.3linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.94linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.34linux
Linux/Linux < 6.2
Linux/Linux 6.12.34 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.15.3 - 6.15.*
Linux/Linux 6.16
Linux/Linux 6.2
Linux/Linux 6.6.94 - 6.6.*
Linux/Linux bc66fa87d4fda9053a8145e5718fc278c2b88253 - 034bc4a2a72dea2cfcaf24c6bae03c38ad5a0b87
... and 4 more
Published Jul 03, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026