CVE-2026-72051

high

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ip6_tunnel: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink ip6_tnl_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 ip6_tnl_changelink() on rtnl_dev_link_net_capable() at its top, before any attribute is parsed.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4bcc202a3530c856e1cb183384bc9cc8fddab22

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82e53e7281c71e174f9f5877c566a623c637b406

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f68f7928484f463a5bc0d50e6fdd8d16f55a5aa

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5252db8fb604321133138c7069d6fc3fcd89cdee

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d53ee7daabe733deb81f51d2cc90188f8ad59a1

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2636d061bc237a2446a146e42dcc6563acfa7432

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2496fa0b7d180b3ad356b514e7ff93bb14e6140a

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/234cd54fc500f69db43e37de38603da617fbbeea

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-15

Updated: 2026-08-23

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.002