In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been...
High severity
Unreviewed
Published
Mar 27, 2025
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Oct 30, 2025
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Mar 27, 2025
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Mar 27, 2025
Last updated
Oct 30, 2025
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netlink: prevent potential spectre v1 gadgets
Most netlink attributes are parsed and validated from
__nla_validate_parse() or validate_nla()
@type is then used as an array index and can be used
as a Spectre v1 gadget.
array_index_nospec() can be used to prevent leaking
content of kernel memory to malicious users.
This should take care of vast majority of netlink uses,
but an audit is needed to take care of others where
validation is not yet centralized in core netlink functions.
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