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TI-2025-25611 Aliases CVE-2025-38272GHSA-5gh2-95vw-62h6

net: dsa: b53: do not enable EEE on bcm63xx

Priority LOW 24Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: dsa: b53: do not enable EEE on bcm63xx BCM63xx internal switches do not support EEE, but provide multiple RGMII ports where external PHYs may be connected. If one of these PHYs are EEE capable, we may try to enable EEE for the MACs, which then hangs the system on access of the (non-existent) EEE registers. Fix this by checking if the switch actually supports EEE before attempting to configure it.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00225 13th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Linux (Linux): 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.46 +2

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux4.15 and later6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.46, 6.15.3, 6.16Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 4.15 and later Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.46, 6.15.3, 6.16 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.15 to before 6.12.46; 6.13 to before 6.15.3VulnerableLinux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.15 to before 6.12.46; 6.13 to before 6.15.3 Vulnerable ·Linux

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.46, 6.15.3, 6.16

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 5 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-38272
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5gh2-95vw-62h6
  3. 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/Linux@155bc8f94d52c01c0952acee8156f05f26d81ef6, Linux/[email protected] · CNA
  4. 2026-10-21 1 new reference · CNA
  5. 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/Linux@3f87fe8ceaa775a5b0ed02802146c1f4743998fb, Linux/[email protected] · CNA
  6. 2026-10-30 1 new reference · CNA

References

Patch 3

Other 2

  • TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2021-05514 Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
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Sources

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