ghsa-wcfp-94c7-jmv4
Vulnerability from github
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: phy: Don't register LEDs for genphy
If a PHY has no driver, the genphy driver is probed/removed directly in phy_attach/detach. If the PHY's ofnode has an "leds" subnode, then the LEDs will be (un)registered when probing/removing the genphy driver. This could occur if the leds are for a non-generic driver that isn't loaded for whatever reason. Synchronously removing the PHY device in phy_detach leads to the following deadlock:
rtnl_lock() ndo_close() ... phy_detach() phy_remove() phy_leds_unregister() led_classdev_unregister() led_trigger_set() netdev_trigger_deactivate() unregister_netdevice_notifier() rtnl_lock()
There is a corresponding deadlock on the open/register side of things (and that one is reported by lockdep), but it requires a race while this one is deterministic.
Generic PHYs do not support LEDs anyway, so don't bother registering them.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-38537"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-08-16T12:15:29Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: phy: Don\u0027t register LEDs for genphy\n\nIf a PHY has no driver, the genphy driver is probed/removed directly in\nphy_attach/detach. If the PHY\u0027s ofnode has an \"leds\" subnode, then the\nLEDs will be (un)registered when probing/removing the genphy driver.\nThis could occur if the leds are for a non-generic driver that isn\u0027t\nloaded for whatever reason. Synchronously removing the PHY device in\nphy_detach leads to the following deadlock:\n\nrtnl_lock()\nndo_close()\n ...\n phy_detach()\n phy_remove()\n phy_leds_unregister()\n led_classdev_unregister()\n led_trigger_set()\n netdev_trigger_deactivate()\n unregister_netdevice_notifier()\n rtnl_lock()\n\nThere is a corresponding deadlock on the open/register side of things\n(and that one is reported by lockdep), but it requires a race while this\none is deterministic.\n\nGeneric PHYs do not support LEDs anyway, so don\u0027t bother registering\nthem.",
"id": "GHSA-wcfp-94c7-jmv4",
"modified": "2025-11-18T18:32:48Z",
"published": "2025-08-16T12:30:33Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38537"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75e1b2079ef0653a2f7aa69be515d86b7faf1908"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec158d05eaa91b2809cab65f8068290e3c05ebdd"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0f2b992d8185a0366be951685e08643aae17d6d"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd6493533af9e5d73d0d42ff2a8ded978a701dc6"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
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