Bug 2502434 (CVE-2026-63917) - CVE-2026-63917 kernel: ip6: vti: Use ip6_tnl.net in vti6_changelink()
Summary: CVE-2026-63917 kernel: ip6: vti: Use ip6_tnl.net in vti6_changelink()
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-63917
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Product Security
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Reported: 2026-07-19 16:07 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-07-21 16:22 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-07-19 16:07:56 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ip6: vti: Use ip6_tnl.net in vti6_changelink().

ip netns add ns1
ip netns add ns2
ip -n ns1 link add vti6_test type vti6 remote ::1 local ::2 key 7
ip -n ns1 link set vti6_test netns ns2
ip -n ns2 link set vti6_test type vti6 remote ::3 local ::4 key 9
ip netns del ns2
ip netns del ns1
[  132.495484] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[  132.497609] kernel BUG at net/core/dev.c:12376!

Commit 61220ab34948 ("vti6: Enable namespace changing") dropped
NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL from vti6 devices. A vti6 tunnel can then
move through IFLA_NET_NS_FD. After the move dev_net(dev) points
at the new netns while t->net stays at the creation netns.

vti6_changelink() and vti6_update() still use dev_net(dev) and
dev_net(t->dev). They unlink from one per netns hash and relink
into another. The creation netns is left with a stale entry.
cleanup_net() of that netns later walks freed memory.

Reachable from an unprivileged user namespace (unshare --user
--map-root-user --net). Cross tenant scope on container hosts.

Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-07-21 16:20:01 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026071947-CVE-2026-63917-4a8f@gregkh/T


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