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GHSA-33V2-GR7F-4WMR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-06-28 09:30 – Updated: 2025-12-17 18:31
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: ch9200: fix uninitialised access during mii_nway_restart

In mii_nway_restart() the code attempts to call mii->mdio_read which is ch9200_mdio_read(). ch9200_mdio_read() utilises a local buffer called "buff", which is initialised with control_read(). However "buff" is conditionally initialised inside control_read():

    if (err == size) {
            memcpy(data, buf, size);
    }

If the condition of "err == size" is not met, then "buff" remains uninitialised. Once this happens the uninitialised "buff" is accessed and returned during ch9200_mdio_read():

    return (buff[0] | buff[1] << 8);

The problem stems from the fact that ch9200_mdio_read() ignores the return value of control_read(), leading to uinit-access of "buff".

To fix this we should check the return value of control_read() and return early on error.

Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
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    "github_reviewed": false,
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    "nvd_published_at": "2025-06-28T08:15:24Z",
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  "id": "GHSA-33v2-gr7f-4wmr",
  "modified": "2025-12-17T18:31:31Z",
  "published": "2025-06-28T09:30:23Z",
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html"
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}



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