[PATCH net v5 6/7] net: ip6_vti: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink

From: Maoyi Xie

Date: Thu Jun 11 2026 - 02:33:13 EST


vti6_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 vti6_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: 11b326fb0a37 ("ip6: vti: Use ip6_tnl.net in vti6_changelink().")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Maoyi Xie <maoyixie.tju@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c
index d871cab6938d..ab94b3a4ba9c 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c
@@ -1046,6 +1046,9 @@ static int vti6_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
struct __ip6_tnl_parm p;
struct vti6_net *ip6n;

+ if (!rtnl_dev_link_net_capable(dev, net))
+ return -EPERM;
+
ip6n = net_generic(net, vti6_net_id);
if (dev == ip6n->fb_tnl_dev)
return -EINVAL;
--
2.34.1