CVE-2026-72054 (GCVE-0-2026-72054)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-15 05:52
Modified
2026-08-17 05:39
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: ip_vti: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink
vti_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.
Gate vti_changelink() on rtnl_dev_link_net_capable() at its top,
before any attribute is parsed.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Version: 895de9a3488abcdd186680f0af3cce7f2d4d4a6e Version: 895de9a3488abcdd186680f0af3cce7f2d4d4a6e Version: 895de9a3488abcdd186680f0af3cce7f2d4d4a6e Version: 895de9a3488abcdd186680f0af3cce7f2d4d4a6e Version: 895de9a3488abcdd186680f0af3cce7f2d4d4a6e Version: 895de9a3488abcdd186680f0af3cce7f2d4d4a6e Version: 895de9a3488abcdd186680f0af3cce7f2d4d4a6e Version: 895de9a3488abcdd186680f0af3cce7f2d4d4a6e |
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