CVE-2025-37789

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-37789
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-37789.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2025-37789
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-05-01T13:07:22Z
Modified
2026-08-12T03:51:30Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
net: openvswitch: fix nested key length validation in the set() action
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: openvswitch: fix nested key length validation in the set() action

It's not safe to access nla_len(ovs_key) if the data is smaller than the netlink header. Check that the attribute is OK first.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/37xxx/CVE-2025-37789.json"
}
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
54c6957d1123a2032099b9eab51c314800f677ce
Fixed
7fcaec0b2ab8fa5fbf0b45e5512364a168f445bd
Fixed
a27526e6b48eee9e2d82efff502c4f272f1a91d4
Fixed
1489c195c8eecd262aa6712761ba5288203e28ec
Fixed
824a7c2df5127b2402b68a21a265d413e78dcad7
Fixed
be80768d4f3b6fd13f421451cc3fee8778aba8bc
Fixed
03d7262dd53e8c404da35cc81aaa887fd901f76b
Fixed
65d91192aa66f05710cfddf6a14b5a25ee554dba

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-37789.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
3.3.0
Fixed
5.4.293
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.5.0
Fixed
5.10.237
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.181
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.135
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.6.88
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.12.25
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.14.4

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-37789.json"