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CVE-2026-63829

8.8 high SSVC exploitation: none Analyzed

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.

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Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 8

Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.

Change history 5

  1. Cpes+1 CPE criteria (now 1)NVD modified 2026-10-22 18:17
  2. StatusPublished → AnalyzedNVD modified 2026-10-22 18:17
  3. StatusAwaiting Analysis → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-19 20:07
  4. CwesCWE-862NVD modified 2026-10-19 20:19
  5. First seenCVSS 8.8NVD modified 2026-10-16 16:18

Affected (CPE criteria) 1

  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References 8