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net: ip6_tunnel: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink
authorMaoyi Xie <maoyixie.tju@gmail.com>
Fri, 12 Jun 2026 08:59:38 +0000 (16:59 +0800)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Wed, 17 Jun 2026 23:01:52 +0000 (16:01 -0700)
commit2496fa0b7d180b3ad356b514e7ff93bb14e6140a
tree8bd0277749bcb263a2407e6d5ced901e4f507e96
parent95cceadbfd52d7239bd730afdda0655287d77425
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.

Reported-by: Xiao Liang <shaw.leon@gmail.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/CABAhCOSzP1vaThGV35_VnsRCb=87_CPjPVsTHbq905k8A+BuUg@mail.gmail.com/
Fixes: 0bd8762824e7 ("ip6tnl: add x-netns support")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Maoyi Xie <maoyixie.tju@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260612085941.3158249-5-maoyixie.tju@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c