What is CVE-2025-71094?

CVE-2025-71094 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-01-13.

How severe is CVE-2025-71094?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2025-71094

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: usb: asix: validate PHY address before use The ASIX driver reads the PHY address from the USB device via asix_read_phy_addr(). A malicious or faulty device can retu…

EPSS: 0.001 (1.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 5.14, 4e4f3cb41d687bd64cd03358862b23c84d82329e, 6.18.4
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 5.14, 6.19

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-71094?: CVE-2025-71094 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-01-13.
How severe is CVE-2025-71094?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.