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.
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.
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Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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EUVD |
EUVD-2025-19833 | 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. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7769-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7769-2 | Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7769-3 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7770-1 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7771-1 | Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7789-1 | Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7789-2 | Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities |
Fixes
Solution
No solution given by the vendor.
Workaround
No workaround given by the vendor.
References
History
Tue, 08 Jul 2025 02:45:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-1284 |
Fri, 04 Jul 2025 00:30:00 +0000
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Thu, 03 Jul 2025 09:00:00 +0000
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| 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. | |
| Title | net/mdiobus: Fix potential out-of-bounds clause 45 read/write access | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-07-28T04:12:26.552Z
Reserved: 2025-04-16T04:51:23.985Z
Link: CVE-2025-38110
No data.
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-07-03T09:15:24.680
Modified: 2025-07-03T15:13:53.147
Link: CVE-2025-38110
OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2025-07-06T22:16:21Z
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