What is CVE-2025-71094?

CVE-2025-71094 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.13.13 onward and patched in 5.15.198, 6.1.160, 6.6.120 and others. CVE-2025-71094 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-71094?

CVE-2025-71094 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-71094?

Yes, CVE-2025-71094 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.15.198, 6.1.160, 6.6.120 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.13.13 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2025-71094 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-71094 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-71094

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: usb: asix: validate PHY address before use The ASIX driver reads the PHY address from the USB device via asix_read_phy_addr(). A malicious or faulty device can return an invalid address (>= PHY_MAX_ADDR), which causes a warning in mdiobus_get_phy(): addr 207 out of range WARNING: drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c:76 Validate the PHY address in asix_read_phy_addr() and remove the now-redundant check in ax88172a.c.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2026-01-13

Last modified 2026-03-25

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 5.13.13, 5.14 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.15.198, 6.1.160, 6.6.120, 6.12.64, 6.18.4, 6.19 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.13.13 ≥ 5.14

Fixed in

✓ 5.15.198 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.160 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.120 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.64 6.12.x ✓ 6.18.4 6.18.x ✓ 6.19

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2025-71094 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38722e69ee64dbb020028c93898d25d6f4c0e0b2
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98a12c2547a44a5f03f35c108d2022cc652cbc4d
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1e077a3f76eea0dc671ed6792e7d543946227e8
Patch

6 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-71094

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2026-01-13

Modified 2026-03-25

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-71094?

CVE-2025-71094 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.13.13 onward and has been patched in 5.15.198, 6.1.160, 6.6.120 and others. CVE-2025-71094 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-71094?

CVE-2025-71094 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-71094?

Yes — CVE-2025-71094 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.15.198, 6.1.160, 6.6.120 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.13.13 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2025-71094 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2025-71094 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.