CVE-2026-72136 (GCVE-0-2026-72136)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 05:53 – Updated: 2026-10-16 18:44
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
xfrm: xfrm_interface: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xfrm: xfrm_interface: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink
xfrmi_changelink() operates on at most two netns, dev_net(dev) and the
interface link netns xi->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 xi->net can rewrite an interface that
lives in xi->net.
Gate xfrmi_changelink() on rtnl_dev_link_net_capable() at its top,
before any attribute is parsed.
Severity
8.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-16 18:42 UTC
Assigner
References
8 references
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
f203b76d78092faf248db3f851840fbecf80b40e , < 04c1aa57d08471b1953bf27c84ac9b3d78d71831
(git)
Affected: f203b76d78092faf248db3f851840fbecf80b40e , < bdfd1c21d90e628a58a9de79e024cdfcbedfa15c (git) Affected: f203b76d78092faf248db3f851840fbecf80b40e , < 80ec68bba11f7f387c0e4099c2d7b2c84943eb99 (git) Affected: f203b76d78092faf248db3f851840fbecf80b40e , < e9c90756f10da334fb31552e52c61f1dba69f491 (git) Affected: f203b76d78092faf248db3f851840fbecf80b40e , < 37b61946d278c7deb0d40ba8f2b6fc0478d61dab (git) Affected: f203b76d78092faf248db3f851840fbecf80b40e , < 8ca2a19a987a7d1cb4c916ed9723a1c6993b4276 (git) Affected: f203b76d78092faf248db3f851840fbecf80b40e , < 3ba2b2ef7d6a63b190f15cfc2b4ba0fba59928ea (git) Affected: f203b76d78092faf248db3f851840fbecf80b40e , < 095515d89b19b6cc19dfcdc846f97403ed1ebce3 (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
4.19
Unaffected: 0 , < 4.19 (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.261 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.212 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.178 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.145 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.97 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.40 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.5 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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"url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-72136.json",
"version": "3"
}
}
}
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Nomenclature
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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