Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-68432

Linux Linux

vxlan: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink

CVSS 3.1
8.8High

Official description

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).

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
8.8High 3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (Linux) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
Linux Linux 4.11 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 8bcdc4f3a20be949df54b67e5ae2734daabb5792 ≤ v < 7465ade989ba84adc2bfa58bad3ca25d249f0f7a CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 8bcdc4f3a20be949df54b67e5ae2734daabb5792 ≤ v < 0aa580a8bbbed2507b4582a1f0ef581d480d06ed CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 8bcdc4f3a20be949df54b67e5ae2734daabb5792 ≤ v < b3793d7dccb192ffff29894d11824db6251acdd5 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 8bcdc4f3a20be949df54b67e5ae2734daabb5792 ≤ v < b95a8743e58f7efed5ddc4cb73829b66f17feab0 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 8bcdc4f3a20be949df54b67e5ae2734daabb5792 ≤ v < 730c7e5fea7f06e0cdf21c547222ec93234fd1d6 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 8bcdc4f3a20be949df54b67e5ae2734daabb5792 ≤ v < e8ad0d311e225939a9a6c745d6cc384c7364ec87 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 8bcdc4f3a20be949df54b67e5ae2734daabb5792 ≤ v < 3a61bd9637f3d929aa846e4eb3d98b48c26fcb0e CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 8bcdc4f3a20be949df54b67e5ae2734daabb5792 ≤ v < 32d10c46bfde3e9b274e9e1bd6399d0ebea8f60f CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2026-08-12
Last updated
2026-10-20
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
Linux

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.14%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
3.8%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-863
    Incorrect Authorization