FKIE_CVE-2025-40239

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-12-04 16:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 09:21
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: phy: micrel: always set shared->phydev for LAN8814 Currently, during the LAN8814 PTP probe shared->phydev is only set if PTP clock gets actually set, otherwise the function will return before setting it. This is an issue as shared->phydev is unconditionally being used when IRQ is being handled, especially in lan8814_gpio_process_cap and since it was not set it will cause a NULL pointer exception and crash the kernel. So, simply always set shared->phydev to avoid the NULL pointer exception.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/399d10934740ae8cdaa4e3245f7c5f6c332da844
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b093b06826b836c2824858669db080c190c04715
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da1ef8e9eb5d4a12bec32d11636e521e7d529b9e
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  "descriptions": [
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      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: phy: micrel: always set shared-\u003ephydev for LAN8814\n\nCurrently, during the LAN8814 PTP probe shared-\u003ephydev is only set if PTP\nclock gets actually set, otherwise the function will return before setting\nit.\n\nThis is an issue as shared-\u003ephydev is unconditionally being used when IRQ\nis being handled, especially in lan8814_gpio_process_cap and since it was\nnot set it will cause a NULL pointer exception and crash the kernel.\n\nSo, simply always set shared-\u003ephydev to avoid the NULL pointer exception."
    }
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  "id": "CVE-2025-40239",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T09:21:30.623",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2025-12-04T16:16:16.963",
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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred"
}


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