ghsa-v9pw-x7p2-vvrx
Vulnerability from github
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.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-38149"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-07-03T09:15:29Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: phy: clear phydev-\u003edevlink when the link is deleted\n\nThere is a potential crash issue when disabling and re-enabling the\nnetwork port. When disabling the network port, phy_detach() calls\ndevice_link_del() to remove the device link, but it does not clear\nphydev-\u003edevlink, so phydev-\u003edevlink is not a NULL pointer. Then the\nnetwork port is re-enabled, but if phy_attach_direct() fails before\ncalling device_link_add(), the code jumps to the \"error\" label and\ncalls phy_detach(). Since phydev-\u003edevlink retains the old value from\nthe previous attach/detach cycle, device_link_del() uses the old value,\nwhich accesses a NULL pointer and causes a crash. The simplified crash\nlog is as follows.\n\n[ 24.702421] Call trace:\n[ 24.704856] device_link_put_kref+0x20/0x120\n[ 24.709124] device_link_del+0x30/0x48\n[ 24.712864] phy_detach+0x24/0x168\n[ 24.716261] phy_attach_direct+0x168/0x3a4\n[ 24.720352] phylink_fwnode_phy_connect+0xc8/0x14c\n[ 24.725140] phylink_of_phy_connect+0x1c/0x34\n\nTherefore, phydev-\u003edevlink needs to be cleared when the device link is\ndeleted.",
"id": "GHSA-v9pw-x7p2-vvrx",
"modified": "2025-07-03T09:30:35Z",
"published": "2025-07-03T09:30:35Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38149"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/034bc4a2a72dea2cfcaf24c6bae03c38ad5a0b87"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0795b05a59b1371b18ffbf09d385296b12e9f5d5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/363fdf2777423ad346d781f09548cca14877f729"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddc654e89ace723b78c34911c65243accbc9b75c"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
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