CVE-2026-72052

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: ip6_gre: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink

ip6gre_changelink() and ip6erspan_changelink() operate 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 both ops on rtnl_dev_link_net_capable() at their top, before any attribute is parsed.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinux690afc165bb314354667f67157c1a1aea7dc797a < 129f8939e5af683cec3a1a5edcb40a64636ad81eaffected
LinuxLinux690afc165bb314354667f67157c1a1aea7dc797a < e3724dedf57761c6de52f4d604ec74f66fd61611affected
LinuxLinux690afc165bb314354667f67157c1a1aea7dc797a < 220162c9fedbe992da70d70f50a10da4f45f914caffected
LinuxLinux690afc165bb314354667f67157c1a1aea7dc797a < 1d4d8ee002083ca4ead5353662bf8362428af57faffected
LinuxLinux690afc165bb314354667f67157c1a1aea7dc797a < 0caa9f348f8b5356900de77b0bb89a697c4aff20affected
LinuxLinux690afc165bb314354667f67157c1a1aea7dc797a < 03d8843b143ebbbfaf48511922abc6e886575a61affected
LinuxLinux690afc165bb314354667f67157c1a1aea7dc797a < c38c8b0db3c65b597e7ece317b6cb59de3d15e69affected
LinuxLinux690afc165bb314354667f67157c1a1aea7dc797a < f00a50876d2818bd6dc86fa98b3ef360884c53c8affected
LinuxLinuxd0201d2405dac8d9b16773e97709925e397552d0affected
LinuxLinux7943bb0f06365cf5e32f3cf8a6b29eeae981fb8aaffected
LinuxLinux4.19.100 < 4.20affected
LinuxLinux5.4.16 < 5.5affected
LinuxLinux5.5affected
LinuxLinux0 < 5.5unaffected
LinuxLinux5.10.261 <= 5.10.*unaffected
LinuxLinux5.15.212 <= 5.15.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.1.178 <= 6.1.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.6.145 <= 6.6.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.12.97 <= 6.12.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.18.40 <= 6.18.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.1.5 <= 7.1.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.2 <= *unaffected

Weaknesses

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