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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.8 High

CVE-2026-72136

xfrm: xfrm_interface: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink

Description

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • f203b76d78092faf248db3f851840fbecf80b40e to < 04c1aa57d08471b1953bf27c84ac9b3d78d71831affected
  • f203b76d78092faf248db3f851840fbecf80b40e to < bdfd1c21d90e628a58a9de79e024cdfcbedfa15caffected
  • f203b76d78092faf248db3f851840fbecf80b40e to < 80ec68bba11f7f387c0e4099c2d7b2c84943eb99affected
  • f203b76d78092faf248db3f851840fbecf80b40e to < e9c90756f10da334fb31552e52c61f1dba69f491affected
  • f203b76d78092faf248db3f851840fbecf80b40e to < 37b61946d278c7deb0d40ba8f2b6fc0478d61dabaffected
  • f203b76d78092faf248db3f851840fbecf80b40e to < 8ca2a19a987a7d1cb4c916ed9723a1c6993b4276affected
  • f203b76d78092faf248db3f851840fbecf80b40e to < 3ba2b2ef7d6a63b190f15cfc2b4ba0fba59928eaaffected
  • f203b76d78092faf248db3f851840fbecf80b40e to < 095515d89b19b6cc19dfcdc846f97403ed1ebce3affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 4.19affected
  • 0 to < 4.19unaffected
  • 5.10.261 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.212 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.178 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.145 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.97 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.40 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.1.5 to ≤ 7.1.*unaffected
  • 7.2 to ≤ *unaffected

References