PT-2025-23157 · Linux+6 · Linux Kernel+6

Slavin Liu

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Published

2025-05-07

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Updated

2026-04-20

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CVE-2025-37998

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

VectorAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description The issue concerns unsafe attribute parsing in the output userspace() function of the openvswitch module in the Linux kernel. A patch has been applied to replace manual Netlink attribute iteration with nla for each nested(), ensuring only well-formed attributes are processed.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-241

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-11970
CVE-2025-37998
DLA-4271-1
DLA-4327-1
ECHO-9877-488A-39B7
OESA-2025-2633
OESA-2025-2634
OESA-2025-2635
SUSE-SU-2025:02249-1
SUSE-SU-2025:02254-1
SUSE-SU-2025:02307-1
SUSE-SU-2025:02333-1
SUSE-SU-2025:02334-1
SUSE-SU-2025:02335-1
SUSE-SU-2025:02538-1
SUSE-SU-2025:02923-1
SUSE-SU-2025:20413-1
SUSE-SU-2025:20421-1
SUSE-SU-2025_02249-1
SUSE-SU-2025_02254-1
SUSE-SU-2025_02307-1
SUSE-SU-2025_02333-1
SUSE-SU-2025_02334-1
SUSE-SU-2025_02335-1
SUSE-SU-2025_02538-1
USN-7654-1
USN-7654-2
USN-7654-3
USN-7654-4
USN-7654-5
USN-7655-1
USN-7686-1
USN-7699-1
USN-7699-2
USN-7711-1
USN-7712-1
USN-7712-2
USN-7721-1
USN-8028-1
USN-8028-2
USN-8028-3
USN-8028-4
USN-8028-5
USN-8028-6
USN-8028-7
USN-8028-8
USN-8031-1
USN-8031-2
USN-8031-3
USN-8052-1
USN-8052-2
USN-8074-1
USN-8074-2
USN-8126-1

Affected Products

Astra Linux
Debian
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Red Os
Suse
Ubuntu