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
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-63829
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-63829
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1697957eb0971d420dde42862b88eb43506a1105
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19275943d8fe903eb7b9aa53e380e41efd042ada
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47b5d3d506609b08b2e1f7c14f0b681a1953d572
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8165f7ff57d9667d2bb477ef6af83ede7fed4ad7
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/866b0f5ae599490bd496fd84581c68ac8b94e6af
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92b766fc55156e0da2ecd0c2302c971118f8a229
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