Bug 2516710 (CVE-2026-72136) - CVE-2026-72136 kernel: xfrm: xfrm_interface: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink
Summary: CVE-2026-72136 kernel: xfrm: xfrm_interface: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the dev...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-72136
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:27 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-17 23:30 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:27:05 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

xfrm: xfrm_interface: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink

xfrmi_changelink() operates on at most two netns, dev_net(dev) and the
interface link netns xi->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 xi->net can rewrite an interface that
lives in xi->net.

Gate xfrmi_changelink() on rtnl_dev_link_net_capable() at its top,
before any attribute is parsed.


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