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-6.12.92-122.166

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 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...