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CVE-2025-68785
published 2026-01-13

CVE-2025-68785: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: openvswitch: fix middle attribute validation in push_nsh() action The push_nsh()…

PriorityP431high7.1CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHINAH
EPSS
0.13%
3.2th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: openvswitch: fix middle attribute validation in push_nsh() action The push_nsh() action structure looks like this: OVS_ACTION_ATTR_PUSH_NSH(OVS_KEY_ATTR_NSH(OVS_NSH_KEY_ATTR_BASE,...)) The outermost OVS_ACTION_ATTR_PUSH_NSH attribute is OK'ed by the nla_for_each_nested() inside __ovs_nla_copy_actions(). The innermost OVS_NSH_KEY_ATTR_BASE/MD1/MD2 are OK'ed by the nla_for_each_nested() inside nsh_key_put_from_nlattr(). But nothing checks if the attribute in the middle is OK. We don't even check that this attribute is the OVS_KEY_ATTR_NSH. We just do a double unwrap with a pair of nla_data() calls - first time directly while calling validate_push_nsh() and the second time as part of the nla_for_each_nested() macro, which isn't safe, potentially causing invalid memory access if the size of this attribute is incorrect. The failure may not be noticed during validation due to larger netlink buffer, but cause trouble later during action execution where the buffer is allocated exactly to the size: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in nsh_hdr_from_nlattr+0x1dd/0x6a0 [openvswitch] Read of size 184 at addr ffff88816459a634 by task a.out/22624 CPU: 8 UID: 0 PID: 22624 6.18.0-rc7+ #115 PREEMPT(voluntary) Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x51/0x70 print_address_description.constprop.0+0x2c/0x390 kasan_report+0xdd/0x110 kasan_check_range+0x35/0x1b0 __asan_memcpy+0x20/0x60 nsh_hdr_from_nlattr+0x1dd/0x6a0 [openvswitch] push_nsh+0x82/0x120 [openvswitch] do_execute_actions+0x1405/0x2840 [openvswitch] ovs_execute_actions+0xd5/0x3b0 [openvswitch] ovs_packet_cmd_execute+0x949/0xdb0 [openvswitch] genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x1d6/0x2b0 genl_family_rcv_msg+0x336/0x580 genl_rcv_msg+0x9f/0x130 netlink_rcv_skb+0x11f/0x370 genl_rcv+0x24/0x40 netlink_unicast+0x73e/0xaa0 netlink_sendmsg+0x744/0xbf0 __sys_sendto+0x3d6/0x450 do_syscall_64+0x79/0x2c0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e Let's add some checks that the attribut

Affected

51 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.162-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.162-1 (bookworm)
debianlinux-6.1< linux 6.1.162-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.162-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= b2d0f5d5dc53532e6f07bc546a476a55ebdfe0f3 < d0c135b8bbbcf92836068fd395bebeb7ae6c7befd0c135b8bbbcf92836068fd395bebeb7ae6c7bef
linuxlinux>= b2d0f5d5dc53532e6f07bc546a476a55ebdfe0f3 < 3bc2efff20a38b2c7ca18317649715df0dd62ced3bc2efff20a38b2c7ca18317649715df0dd62ced
linuxlinux>= b2d0f5d5dc53532e6f07bc546a476a55ebdfe0f3 < 1b569db9c2f28b599e40050524aae5f7332bc2941b569db9c2f28b599e40050524aae5f7332bc294
linuxlinux>= b2d0f5d5dc53532e6f07bc546a476a55ebdfe0f3 < 10ffc558246f2c75619aedda0921906095e4670210ffc558246f2c75619aedda0921906095e46702
linuxlinux>= b2d0f5d5dc53532e6f07bc546a476a55ebdfe0f3 < 2ecfc4433acdb149eafd7fb22d7fd4adf90b25e92ecfc4433acdb149eafd7fb22d7fd4adf90b25e9
linuxlinux>= b2d0f5d5dc53532e6f07bc546a476a55ebdfe0f3 < c999153bfb2d1d9b295b7010d920f2a7c6d7595fc999153bfb2d1d9b295b7010d920f2a7c6d7595f
linuxlinux>= b2d0f5d5dc53532e6f07bc546a476a55ebdfe0f3 < 5ace7ef87f059d68b5f50837ef3e8a1a4870c36e5ace7ef87f059d68b5f50837ef3e8a1a4870c36e
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.249-15.10.249-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.162-16.1.162-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.69-16.12.69-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.18.3-16.18.3-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.15.0-173.1835.15.0-173.183
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.15.0 < 5.10.2485.10.248
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.11.0 < 5.15.1985.15.198
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16.0 < 6.1.1606.1.160
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13.0 < 6.18.36.18.3
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.2.0 < 6.6.1206.6.120
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7.0 < 6.12.646.12.64
ubuntulinux-aws
ubuntulinux-aws-6.17
ubuntulinux-aws-fips
ubuntulinux-azure

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.1HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
vendor_redhat5.5LOW
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