In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ip_gre: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink A tunnel changelink() operates on at most two netns, dev_net(dev) and the tunnel link netns t->net. They differ once the device is created in or moved to a netns other than the one the request runs in. The rtnl changelink path checks CAP_NET_ADMIN only against dev_net(dev), so a caller privileged there but not in t->net can rewrite a tunnel that lives in t->net. Add rtnl_dev_link_net_capable() next to rtnl_get_net_ns_capable() in net/core/rtnetlink.c. It requires CAP_NET_ADMIN in the link netns and is skipped when the link netns is dev_net(dev), where the rtnl path already checked it. The other patches in this series use the same helper. Gate ipgre_changelink() and erspan_changelink() with it, at the top of the op before any attribute is parsed, because the parsers update live tunnel fields first. ipgre_netlink_parms() sets t->collect_md before ip_tunnel_changelink() runs. Commit 8b484efd5cb4 ("ip6: vti: Use ip6_tnl.net in vti6_siocdevprivate().") added the same check on the ioctl path. This adds it on RTM_NEWLINK.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1697957eb0971d420dde42862b88eb43506a1105 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19275943d8fe903eb7b9aa53e380e41efd042ada Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47b5d3d506609b08b2e1f7c14f0b681a1953d572 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8165f7ff57d9667d2bb477ef6af83ede7fed4ad7 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/866b0f5ae599490bd496fd84581c68ac8b94e6af Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92b766fc55156e0da2ecd0c2302c971118f8a229 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9831bc9ecb402957810c2045c663fbfe9b09e296 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e54c05ed3d9c28733fb9e5837219aca3691defa3 Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 5
- Cpes+1 CPE criteria (now 1)NVD modified 2026-10-22 18:17
- StatusPublished → AnalyzedNVD modified 2026-10-22 18:17
- StatusAwaiting Analysis → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-19 20:07
- CwesCWE-862NVD modified 2026-10-19 20:19
- First seenCVSS 8.8NVD modified 2026-10-16 16:18
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1697957eb0971d420dde42862b88eb43506a1105 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19275943d8fe903eb7b9aa53e380e41efd042ada Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47b5d3d506609b08b2e1f7c14f0b681a1953d572 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8165f7ff57d9667d2bb477ef6af83ede7fed4ad7 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/866b0f5ae599490bd496fd84581c68ac8b94e6af Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92b766fc55156e0da2ecd0c2302c971118f8a229 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9831bc9ecb402957810c2045c663fbfe9b09e296 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e54c05ed3d9c28733fb9e5837219aca3691defa3 Patch