Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 15, 2026
CVE-2026-72054
CVE-2026-72054
Description
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.
Affected products
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Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1caf737e625143c6f23c32d2b747b1a3e42e5699nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/32edf8aa297745226854eda2d96c0fac66c1bb15nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/33fd93961557ec8e3e9958995b28684c5f949394nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d8bc0dc99472d62c57c2a3d436e6ab408592bdanvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/88b33ee458a6ca5fbef6c53b9dba772da69dab68nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9571af2eec8023af9a1671b7f2cd4ab400011724nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/95cceadbfd52d7239bd730afdda0655287d77425nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/973ead9e565423642e4533e1547b5d2c0476fb03nvd
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