CVE-2026-72136 in Linuxinformation

Résumé

par MITRE • 15/08/2026

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.

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Responsable

Linux

Réserver

09/08/2026

Divulgation

15/08/2026

Modérer

accepté

Entrée

VDB-390559

CPE

prêt

EPSS

0.00000

KEV

non

Activités

très faible

Sources

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