Bug 2514441 (CVE-2026-68432) - CVE-2026-68432 kernel: vxlan: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink
Summary: CVE-2026-68432 kernel: vxlan: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for c...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-68432
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-12 00:21 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-08 09:50 UTC (History)
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:75746 0 None None None 2026-10-05 10:48:48 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:75747 0 None None None 2026-10-05 11:23:53 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:76738 0 None None None 2026-10-07 20:29:11 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:76739 0 None None None 2026-10-08 09:50:17 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-12 00:21:33 UTC
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).

Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-08-12 15:44:30 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026081254-CVE-2026-68432-30f2@gregkh/T

Comment 6 Jon Orris 2026-10-05 10:48:46 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2026:75746 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:75746

Comment 7 Jon Orris 2026-10-05 11:23:51 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2026:75747 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:75747

Comment 8 Jon Orris 2026-10-07 20:29:10 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2026:76738 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:76738

Comment 9 Jon Orris 2026-10-08 09:50:16 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:76739 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:76739


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