CVE-2025-38726net: ftgmac100: fix potential NULL pointer access in ftgmac100_phy_disconnect
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.15%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 95% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ftgmac100: fix potential NULL pointer access in ftgmac100_phy_disconnect After the call to phy_disconnect() netdev->phydev is reset to NULL. So fixed_phy_unregister() would be called with a NULL pointer as argument. Therefore cache the phy_device before this call.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.15% · top 95% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
- affected e24a6c874601efb3de6e535895dd8e4f56fa98f1 – < ae59ec969c07c73f0610f8bd7e648f01e798d222
- affected e24a6c874601efb3de6e535895dd8e4f56fa98f1 – < 44bcd397ad9cd1a6b25fabb7f5edbee4fb0cfc2e
- affected e24a6c874601efb3de6e535895dd8e4f56fa98f1 – < 9ad90dd34b4e8e5be1e45a4559f4de0f14e53af2
- affected e24a6c874601efb3de6e535895dd8e4f56fa98f1 – < e88fbc30dda1cb7438515303704ceddb3ade4ecd
- affected 6.12
- unaffected < 6.12
- unaffected 6.12.43 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.15.11 – ≤ 6.15.*
- unaffected 6.16.2 – ≤ 6.16.*
- unaffected 6.17 – ≤ *
References
References4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae59ec969c07c73f0610f8bd7e648f01e798d222 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44bcd397ad9cd1a6b25fabb7f5edbee4fb0cfc2e (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ad90dd34b4e8e5be1e45a4559f4de0f14e53af2 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e88fbc30dda1cb7438515303704ceddb3ade4ecd (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2025-26743 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2025-38726)Record last updated .