CVE-2025-37789: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 11.0 only
• Linux Linux Kernel: from 3.3, before 5.4.293 (fixed in 5.4.293); from 5.5, before 5.10.237 (fixed in 5.10.237); from 5.11, before 5.15.181 (fixed in 5.15.181); from 5.16, before 6.1.135 (fixed in 6.1.135); from 6.2, before 6.6.88 (fixed in 6.6.88); from 6.7, before 6.12.25 (fixed in 6.12.25); …

Published 2025-05-01. Last modified 2026-07-30.