CVE-2025-37998

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Unsafe Netlink Attribute Parsing in output_userspace()

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (11)

Core 11
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0010
EPSS Percentile 27.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (28)
debian/debian_linux 11.0
linux/Kernel 3.3.0 - 5.4.294linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.183linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.139linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.238linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.14.7linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.91linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.29linux
Linux/Linux < 3.3
Linux/Linux 3.3
... and 18 more
Published May 29, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026