High severity · published Jul 19, 2026
CVE-2026-63829
net: ip_gre: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink
8.8
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 4% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
3.16 before 5.10.261; 5.11 before 5.15.212; 5.16 before 6.1.178; 6.2 before 6.6.145; 6.7 before 6.12.95; 6.13 before 6.18.38; +1 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
b57708add31494175be741ed3fd24023b50c3423 before 19275943d8fe903eb7b9aa53e380e41efd042ada; b57708add31494175be741ed3fd24023b50c3423 before 866b0f5ae599490bd496fd84581c68ac8b94e6af; b57708add31494175be741ed3fd24023b50c3423 before 92b766fc55156e0da2ecd0c2302c971118f8a229; b57708add31494175be741ed3fd24023b50c3423 before e54c05ed3d9c28733fb9e5837219aca3691defa3; b57708add31494175be741ed3fd24023b50c3423 before 9831bc9ecb402957810c2045c663fbfe9b09e296; b57708add31494175be741ed3fd24023b50c3423 before 1697957eb0971d420dde42862b88eb43506a1105; +3 more · source: vendor