High
openvswitch: Fix unsafe attribute parsing in output_userspace()
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.
Announced Group revision 1
Original source ↗CVE-2025-37998
Primary source · Revision 1
Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.
Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2025-37998
Linux
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Linux
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/1/product
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"product": "Linux",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "ccb1352e76cff0524e7ccb2074826a092dd13016",
"lessThan": "6712dc21506738f5f22b4f68b7c0d9e0df819dbd",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "ccb1352e76cff0524e7ccb2074826a092dd13016",
"lessThan": "06b4f110c79716c181a8c5da007c259807840232",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "ccb1352e76cff0524e7ccb2074826a092dd13016",
"lessThan": "47f7f00cf2fa3137d5c0416ef1a71bdf77901395",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "ccb1352e76cff0524e7ccb2074826a092dd13016",
"lessThan": "bca8df998cce1fead8cbc69144862eadc2e34c87",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "ccb1352e76cff0524e7ccb2074826a092dd13016",
"lessThan": "0236742bd959332181c1fcc41a05b7b709180501",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "ccb1352e76cff0524e7ccb2074826a092dd13016",
"lessThan": "ec334aaab74705cc515205e1da3cb369fdfd93cd",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "ccb1352e76cff0524e7ccb2074826a092dd13016",
"lessThan": "4fa672cbce9c86c3efb8621df1ae580d47813430",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "ccb1352e76cff0524e7ccb2074826a092dd13016",
"lessThan": "6beb6835c1fbb3f676aebb51a5fee6b77fed9308",
"versionType": "git"
}
],
"programFiles": [
"net/openvswitch/actions.c"
],
"defaultStatus": "unaffected"
},
{
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"product": "Linux",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "3.3"
},
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "0",
"lessThan": "3.3",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "5.4.294",
"versionType": "semver",
"lessThanOrEqual": "5.4.*"
},
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "5.10.238",
"versionType": "semver",
"lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*"
},
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "5.15.183",
"versionType": "semver",
"lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*"
},
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.1.139",
"versionType": "semver",
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*"
},
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.6.91",
"versionType": "semver",
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*"
},
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.12.29",
"versionType": "semver",
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*"
},
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.14.7",
"versionType": "semver",
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.14.*"
},
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.15",
"versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
"lessThanOrEqual": "*"
}
],
"programFiles": [
"net/openvswitch/actions.c"
],
"defaultStatus": "affected"
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2025-37998
Source reference:
/cveMetadata/cveId
Publisher severity
high
Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics
- Event
- #30505 · Revision 1
- Added to Heist Feed
- Publisher date