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GHSA-6WC5-2MJJ-PMR6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-19 12:30 – Updated: 2026-07-20 15:31

Details

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.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2026-63829 (GCVE-0-2026-63829)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-19 12:02 – Updated: 2026-07-20 13:40

Title

net: ip_gre: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink

Summary

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.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Assigner

Linux

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9831bc9ecb4029578…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1697957eb0971d420…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47b5d3d506609b08b…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8165f7ff57d9667d2…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: b57708add31494175be741ed3fd24023b50c3423 , < 9831bc9ecb402957810c2045c663fbfe9b09e296 (git) Affected: b57708add31494175be741ed3fd24023b50c3423 , < 1697957eb0971d420dde42862b88eb43506a1105 (git) Affected: b57708add31494175be741ed3fd24023b50c3423 , < 47b5d3d506609b08b2e1f7c14f0b681a1953d572 (git) Affected: b57708add31494175be741ed3fd24023b50c3423 , < 8165f7ff57d9667d2bb477ef6af83ede7fed4ad7 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 3.16 Unaffected: 0 , < 3.16 (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.95 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.38 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.3 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2-rc1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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CVE-2026-63829 (GCVE-0-2026-63829)

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