CVE-2025-40239
NoneCVSS
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EPSS
0.2%
Published
Dec 4, 2025
CISA due date
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The record
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.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Introduced | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Kernel | 6.10.0 | 6.12.56 |
| openSUSE:Leap 16.0 | dtb-aarch64 | 0 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 16.0 | kernel-64kb | 0 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 16.0 | kernel-azure | 0 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 16.0 | kernel-default | 0 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 16.0 | kernel-default-base | 0 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1.160000.2.6 |
| openSUSE:Leap 16.0 | kernel-docs | 0 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 16.0 | kernel-kvmsmall | 0 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 16.0 | kernel-obs-build | 0 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 16.0 | kernel-obs-qa | 0 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 16.0 | kernel-rt | 0 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 16.0 | kernel-source | 0 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 16.0 | kernel-syms | 0 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 16.0 | kernel-zfcpdump | 0 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1 |
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