GHSA-JX6V-7WMG-PQ67
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-04-01 18:30 – Updated: 2025-10-31 21:30In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Revert "openvswitch: switch to per-action label counting in conntrack"
Currently, ovs_ct_set_labels() is only called for confirmed conntrack entries (ct) within ovs_ct_commit(). However, if the conntrack entry does not have the labels_ext extension, attempting to allocate it in ovs_ct_get_conn_labels() for a confirmed entry triggers a warning in nf_ct_ext_add():
WARN_ON(nf_ct_is_confirmed(ct));
This happens when the conntrack entry is created externally before OVS increments net->ct.labels_used. The issue has become more likely since commit fcb1aa5163b1 ("openvswitch: switch to per-action label counting in conntrack"), which changed to use per-action label counting and increment net->ct.labels_used when a flow with ct action is added.
Since there’s no straightforward way to fully resolve this issue at the moment, this reverts the commit to avoid breaking existing use cases.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-21958"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-367"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-04-01T16:15:27Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nRevert \"openvswitch: switch to per-action label counting in conntrack\"\n\nCurrently, ovs_ct_set_labels() is only called for confirmed conntrack\nentries (ct) within ovs_ct_commit(). However, if the conntrack entry\ndoes not have the labels_ext extension, attempting to allocate it in\novs_ct_get_conn_labels() for a confirmed entry triggers a warning in\nnf_ct_ext_add():\n\n WARN_ON(nf_ct_is_confirmed(ct));\n\nThis happens when the conntrack entry is created externally before OVS\nincrements net-\u003ect.labels_used. The issue has become more likely since\ncommit fcb1aa5163b1 (\"openvswitch: switch to per-action label counting\nin conntrack\"), which changed to use per-action label counting and\nincrement net-\u003ect.labels_used when a flow with ct action is added.\n\nSince there\u2019s no straightforward way to fully resolve this issue at the\nmoment, this reverts the commit to avoid breaking existing use cases.",
"id": "GHSA-jx6v-7wmg-pq67",
"modified": "2025-10-31T21:30:53Z",
"published": "2025-04-01T18:30:53Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21958"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1063ae07383c0ddc5bcce170260c143825846b03"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e79fdabd52cfce1a021640a81256878a2c516a2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d91bfc64a4886102746e74d2c6f3a61e9a77fd7d"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
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