UNKNOWN NVD
CVE-2026-68142
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: geneve: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink A tunnel changelink() ope
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
geneve: 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 geneve->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 geneve->net can rewrite a geneve
device whose underlay lives in geneve->net.
geneve_changelink() applies the new configuration against geneve->net:
geneve_link_config() and the geneve_quiesce()/geneve_unquiesce() pair
reopen the underlay sockets in that netns (geneve_sock_add() uses
geneve->net), so the same reasoning as the tunnel changelink series
applies here.
Gate geneve_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).
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2abdacc927c92fa6a9cc8341e8c9b88dcb561553
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8efb8f8bbb353b8f2fdf4f37534c6d96c9f69e01
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95f45e20f1b2cec13823f0f68060ab4b2261b2c1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9de5518fc1fab583526a8f66b8e505c4864dc60a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8c498585d2a08aa623748353c3e61467b7e9fd2
This unknown severity vulnerability was published on 2026-08-10 via NVD.
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