CVE-2025-37998

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-37998
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-37998.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2025-37998
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-05-29T13:15:56.197Z
Modified
2026-05-07T04:17:54.235815Z
Summary
openvswitch: Fix unsafe attribute parsing in output_userspace()
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 outputuserspace() with nlaforeachnested(), which ensures that only well-formed attributes are processed.

Database specific
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/37xxx/CVE-2025-37998.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
ccb1352e76cff0524e7ccb2074826a092dd13016
Fixed
6712dc21506738f5f22b4f68b7c0d9e0df819dbd
Fixed
06b4f110c79716c181a8c5da007c259807840232
Fixed
47f7f00cf2fa3137d5c0416ef1a71bdf77901395
Fixed
bca8df998cce1fead8cbc69144862eadc2e34c87
Fixed
0236742bd959332181c1fcc41a05b7b709180501
Fixed
ec334aaab74705cc515205e1da3cb369fdfd93cd
Fixed
4fa672cbce9c86c3efb8621df1ae580d47813430
Fixed
6beb6835c1fbb3f676aebb51a5fee6b77fed9308

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-37998.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
3.3.0
Fixed
5.4.294
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.5.0
Fixed
5.10.238
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.183
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.139
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.6.91
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.12.29
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.14.7

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-37998.json"