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CVE-2025-37998

openvswitch: Fix unsafe attribute parsing in output_userspace()

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 5.4.294, 5.10.238, 5.15.183, 6.1.139, 6.6.91, and 2 more
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: openvswitch: Fix unsafe attribute parsing in output_userspace() This patch replaces the manual Netlink attribute iteration in output_userspace() with nla_for_each_nested(), which ensures that only well-formed attributes are processed.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    From ccb1352e76cff0524e7ccb2074826a092dd13016 · fixed in 6712dc21506738f5f22b4f68b7c0d9e0df819dbd; From ccb1352e76cff0524e7ccb2074826a092dd13016 · fixed in 06b4f110c79716c181a8c5da007c259807840232; From ccb1352e76cff0524e7ccb2074826a092dd13016 · fixed in 47f7f00cf2fa3137d5c0416ef1a71bdf77901395; From ccb1352e76cff0524e7ccb2074826a092dd13016 · fixed in bca8df998cce1fead8cbc69144862eadc2e34c87; From ccb1352e76cff0524e7ccb2074826a092dd13016 · fixed in 0236742bd959332181c1fcc41a05b7b709180501; From ccb1352e76cff0524e7ccb2074826a092dd13016 · fixed in ec334aaab74705cc515205e1da3cb369fdfd93cd; From ccb1352e76cff0524e7ccb2074826a092dd13016 · fixed in 4fa672cbce9c86c3efb8621df1ae580d47813430; From ccb1352e76cff0524e7ccb2074826a092dd13016 · fixed in 6beb6835c1fbb3f676aebb51a5fee6b77fed9308

  • Linux Linux

    3.3

  • KernelLinux

    From 3.3.0 · fixed in 5.4.294; From 5.5.0 · fixed in 5.10.238; From 5.11.0 · fixed in 5.15.183; From 5.16.0 · fixed in 6.1.139; From 6.2.0 · fixed in 6.6.91; From 6.7.0 · fixed in 6.12.29; From 6.13.0 · fixed in 6.14.7

References 9

git.kernel.org

zerodayinitiative.com