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CVE-2025-37998MEDIUM
Linux Linux — openvswitch: Fix unsafe attribute parsing in output_userspace()
  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   L   N  U  N  N  H    5.5   .0020    9.7     —
AFFECTED
  Product  Versions                                    Fixed
  Linux    ccb1352e76cff0524e7ccb2074826a092dd13016 –  —
  Linux    3.3 –                                       5.4.294
TIMELINE
  Apr 16  Reserved by Linux
  May 29  Published (CNA: Linux)
  Jul 30  RESCORED — CVE-2025-37998 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
CNA: Linux · CVSS v3.1 · 11 references · NVD status: Modified

Description

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.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
DateEventDetail
April 16, 2025ReservedReserved by Linux
May 29, 2025PublishedPublished (CNA: Linux)
July 30, 2026RESCOREDRESCORED — CVE-2025-37998 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).

Affected

Affected products and packages — 2 rows
VendorProduct / PackageEcosystemVersion introducedFixed
LinuxLinuxccb1352e76cff0524e7ccb2074826a092dd13016
LinuxLinux3.35.4.294

References (11)

Related

Authoritative record: CVE-2025-37998 at cve.org

Vendors: linux

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This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2025-37998 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Wednesday, August 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.