{"id":"CVE-2026-72136","revision":"084b7a6e96764f1e937f5c0d921ae9f0","records":[{"revision":"084b7a6e96764f1e937f5c0d921ae9f0","observedAt":"2026-10-23T15:48:27.903+00:00","statement":{"source":"cve-program","id":"CVE-2026-72136","aliases":[],"title":"xfrm: xfrm_interface: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nxfrm: xfrm_interface: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink\n\nxfrmi_changelink() operates on at most two netns, dev_net(dev) and the\ninterface link netns xi->net. They differ once the device is created in\nor moved to a netns other than the one the request runs in. The rtnl\nchangelink path checks CAP_NET_ADMIN only against dev_net(dev), so a\ncaller privileged there but not in xi->net can rewrite an interface that\nlives in xi->net.\n\nGate xfrmi_changelink() on rtnl_dev_link_net_capable() at its top,\nbefore any attribute is parsed.","state":0,"publishedAt":"2026-08-15T05:53:11.072+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-16T18:44:58.796+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"Linux","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"product\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"vendor\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"defaultStatus\": \"unaffected\",\n                    \"repo\": \"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\n                    \"programFiles\": [\n                        \"net/xfrm/xfrm_interface_core.c\"\n                    ],\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": 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