kernel: net: openvswitch: reject oversized nested action attrs

A flaw was found in Open vSwitch in the Linux kernel. Improper handling of oversized nested action attributes can lead to a truncated length field, which could be exploited by a local attacker to alter kernel memory. This alteration might result in the disclosure of sensitive information or a loc...

net: openvswitch: reject oversized nested action attrs

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Important: kernel-livepatch-6.18.33-63.124

Issue Overview: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: openvswitch: reject oversized nested action attrs CVE-2026-64531 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: resample the data fork mapping after cycling ILOCK CVE-2026-64600...

Important: kernel-livepatch-6.12.90-120.164

Issue Overview: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: openvswitch: reject oversized nested action attrs CVE-2026-64531 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: resample the data fork mapping after cycling ILOCK CVE-2026-64600...

Important: kernel-livepatch-6.1.175-219.359

Issue Overview: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: openvswitch: reject oversized nested action attrs CVE-2026-64531 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: resample the data fork mapping after cycling ILOCK CVE-2026-64600...

Important: kernel-livepatch-6.18.35-68.129

Issue Overview: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: openvswitch: reject oversized nested action attrs CVE-2026-64531 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: resample the data fork mapping after cycling ILOCK CVE-2026-64600...

CVE-2026-64531

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: openvswitch: reject oversized nested action attrs Open vSwitch stores generated flow actions as nlattrs, whose nlalen field is u16. Commit a1e64addf3ff "net: openvswitch: remove misbehaving actions length check" allowed the...

CVE-2026-64531

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: openvswitch: reject oversized nested action attrs Open vSwitch stores generated flow actions as nlattrs, whose nlalen field is u16. Commit a1e64addf3ff "net: openvswitch: remove misbehaving actions length check" allowed the...

CVE-2026-64531 net: openvswitch: reject oversized nested action attrs

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: openvswitch: reject oversized nested action attrs Open vSwitch stores generated flow actions as nlattrs, whose nlalen field is u16. Commit a1e64addf3ff "net: openvswitch: remove misbehaving actions length check" allowed the...

CVE-2026-64531

CVE-2026-64531 describes a Linux kernel issue in net/openvswitch: generated flow actions stored as nlattrs can exceed the 16-bit nla_len, allowing an oversized container to be closed with a truncated length. The fix preserves large total-action streams but rejects nested action containers that do...