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GHSA-8JH2-3H65-3CWH

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-05-29 15:31 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:33

Details

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.

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CVE-2025-37998 (GCVE-0-2025-37998)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-29 13:15 – Updated: 2025-11-03 19:58

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.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

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	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6712dc21506738f5f…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06b4f110c79716c18…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47f7f00cf2fa3137d…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bca8df998cce1fead…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0236742bd95933218…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec334aaab74705cc5…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fa672cbce9c86c3e…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6beb6835c1fbb3f67…
	https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-…

Impacted products

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Linux

Affected: ccb1352e76cff0524e7ccb2074826a092dd13016 , < 6712dc21506738f5f22b4f68b7c0d9e0df819dbd (git)
Affected: ccb1352e76cff0524e7ccb2074826a092dd13016 , < 06b4f110c79716c181a8c5da007c259807840232 (git)
Affected: ccb1352e76cff0524e7ccb2074826a092dd13016 , < 47f7f00cf2fa3137d5c0416ef1a71bdf77901395 (git)
Affected: ccb1352e76cff0524e7ccb2074826a092dd13016 , < bca8df998cce1fead8cbc69144862eadc2e34c87 (git)
Affected: ccb1352e76cff0524e7ccb2074826a092dd13016 , < 0236742bd959332181c1fcc41a05b7b709180501 (git)
Affected: ccb1352e76cff0524e7ccb2074826a092dd13016 , < ec334aaab74705cc515205e1da3cb369fdfd93cd (git)
Affected: ccb1352e76cff0524e7ccb2074826a092dd13016 , < 4fa672cbce9c86c3efb8621df1ae580d47813430 (git)
Affected: ccb1352e76cff0524e7ccb2074826a092dd13016 , < 6beb6835c1fbb3f676aebb51a5fee6b77fed9308 (git)

Linux

Affected: 3.3
Unaffected: 0 , < 3.3 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.4.294 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.238 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.183 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.139 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.91 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.29 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.14.7 , ≤ 6.14.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.15 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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GHSA-8JH2-3H65-3CWH

CVE-2025-37998 (GCVE-0-2025-37998)

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