[PATCH net v5 2/7] net: ipip: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink

From: Maoyi Xie

Date: Thu Jun 11 2026 - 02:30:16 EST


ipip_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 ipip_changelink() on rtnl_dev_link_net_capable() at its top,
before any attribute is parsed.

Reported-by: Xiao Liang <shaw.leon@xxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/CABAhCOSzP1vaThGV35_VnsRCb=87_CPjPVsTHbq905k8A+BuUg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Fixes: d0f418516022 ("net, ip_tunnel: fix namespaces move")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Maoyi Xie <maoyixie.tju@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ipv4/ipip.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipip.c b/net/ipv4/ipip.c
index ff95b1b9908e..e7378569bd5b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipip.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipip.c
@@ -494,6 +494,9 @@ static int ipip_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
bool collect_md;
__u32 fwmark = t->fwmark;

+ if (!rtnl_dev_link_net_capable(dev, t->net))
+ return -EPERM;
+
if (ip_tunnel_netlink_encap_parms(data, &ipencap)) {
int err = ip_tunnel_encap_setup(t, &ipencap);

--
2.34.1