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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2026-72061

Change History

New CVE Received from kernel.org 8/15/2026 2:21:15 AM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Description

                  
                
              
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: sit: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink

ipip6_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 ipip6_changelink() on rtnl_dev_link_net_capable() at its top,
before any attribute is parsed. sit was the one tunnel type not covered
by the recent series that added this check to the other changelink()
handlers.
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27ccb68e7cccead5d8c611665a45d23032d468b3
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3118e97dae533fb45964b87bbed1801afcff7c65
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/388ccffbd2e7e5e4271f291085a7451865705305
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d139dec96691cde96cb40ed293e2d13d994fb4f
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99ae3248b33df94201915d9c32e7470cdf08cfcd
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0ea1aedb37bb979e864ed7787975434bbd9db73
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5a0ae895432596b2f464172da8218e2d84e2932
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb41b308e9d867725d965b291dd085028e36a480
Added Affected

                  
                
              
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