CVE-2025-37998
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.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
May 29, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2025-37998
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0236742bd959332181c1fcc41a05b7b709180501
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06b4f110c79716c181a8c5da007c259807840232
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47f7f00cf2fa3137d5c0416ef1a71bdf77901395
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fa672cbce9c86c3efb8621df1ae580d47813430
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6712dc21506738f5f22b4f68b7c0d9e0df819dbd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6beb6835c1fbb3f676aebb51a5fee6b77fed9308
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bca8df998cce1fead8cbc69144862eadc2e34c87
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec334aaab74705cc515205e1da3cb369fdfd93cd
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/37xxx/CVE-2025-37998.json
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00010.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-37998
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-307/