CVE-2026-68432
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2026
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
vxlan: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vxlan: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink A tunnel changelink() operates on at most two netns, dev_net(dev) and the sticky underlay netns vxlan->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 vxlan->net can rewrite a vxlan device whose underlay lives in vxlan->net. vxlan_changelink() validates and applies the new configuration against vxlan->net (vxlan_config_validate(vxlan->net, ...)) and can reopen the underlay socket in that netns, so the same reasoning as the tunnel changelink series applies here. Gate vxlan_changelink() with rtnl_dev_link_net_capable(), at the top of the op before any attribute is parsed, matching ipgre_changelink() and the rest of the "require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink" series. Found by 0sec automated security-research tooling (https://0sec.ai).
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8bcdc4f3a20be949df54b67e5ae2734daabb5792 | affected | git | b95a8743e58f7efed5ddc4cb73829b66f17feab0 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 8bcdc4f3a20be949df54b67e5ae2734daabb5792 | affected | git | 7465ade989ba84adc2bfa58bad3ca25d249f0f7a | Unavailable | None listed |
| 8bcdc4f3a20be949df54b67e5ae2734daabb5792 | affected | git | 0aa580a8bbbed2507b4582a1f0ef581d480d06ed | Unavailable | None listed |
| 8bcdc4f3a20be949df54b67e5ae2734daabb5792 | affected | git | b3793d7dccb192ffff29894d11824db6251acdd5 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 8bcdc4f3a20be949df54b67e5ae2734daabb5792 | affected | git | 32d10c46bfde3e9b274e9e1bd6399d0ebea8f60f | Unavailable | None listed |
| 8bcdc4f3a20be949df54b67e5ae2734daabb5792 | affected | git | 730c7e5fea7f06e0cdf21c547222ec93234fd1d6 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 8bcdc4f3a20be949df54b67e5ae2734daabb5792 | affected | git | e8ad0d311e225939a9a6c745d6cc384c7364ec87 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 8bcdc4f3a20be949df54b67e5ae2734daabb5792 | affected | git | 3a61bd9637f3d929aa846e4eb3d98b48c26fcb0e | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.11 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 4.11 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5.10.265 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.10.* | None listed |
| 5.15.216 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.15.* | None listed |
| 6.1.183 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.1.* | None listed |
| 6.6.148 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.6.* | None listed |
| 6.12.101 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.12.* | None listed |
| 6.18.42 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.18.* | None listed |
| 7.1.6 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 7.1.* | None listed |
| 7.2 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |