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cve 2025 37998
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CVE-2025-37998 is a vulnerability in the Open vSwitch open-source library that affects Azure Linux, as attested by Microsoft's MSRC statement. The vulnerability involves netlink attribute handling, and while Microsoft has confirmed Azure Linux is potentially affected, other Microsoft products have not yet been attested. Defenders should treat the MSRC statement as authoritative for Azure Linux and monitor for further inventory or VEX/CSAF data. This tag covers discussions on the technical details, impact, and mitigation strategies for CVE-2025-37998, with a focus on Azure Linux and Open vSwitch.
Microsoft’s short public answer — that “Azure Linux includes this open‑source library and is therefore potentially affected” — is accurate as a product‑level attestation, but it is not a categorical guarantee that no other Microsoft product contains the vulnerable Open vSwitch code; operators...