CVE-2025-37998
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.8
7.8CVSS HIGH
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (2)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0236742bd959332181c1fcc41a05b7b709180501 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0236742bd959332181c1fcc41a05b7b709180501Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06b4f110c79716c181a8c5da007c259807840232Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47f7f00cf2fa3137d5c0416ef1a71bdf77901395Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fa672cbce9c86c3efb8621df1ae580d47813430Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6712dc21506738f5f22b4f68b7c0d9e0df819dbdPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6beb6835c1fbb3f676aebb51a5fee6b77fed9308Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bca8df998cce1fead8cbc69144862eadc2e34c87Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec334aaab74705cc515205e1da3cb369fdfd93cdPatch