[PATCH net] macvlan: require lower-netns admin for IFLA_MACVLAN_FLAGS
From: Henry Martin
Date: Sat Oct 10 2026 - 02:31:12 EST
Commit 5b782a811e73 ("macvlan: require lower-netns admin for shared
port settings") added a rtnl_dev_link_net_capable() guard to
macvlan_changelink(), but only covered IFLA_MACVLAN_BC_QUEUE_LEN and
IFLA_MACVLAN_BC_CUTOFF. The IFLA_MACVLAN_FLAGS branch performs the
same class of cross-namespace operation: in passthru mode, toggling
MACVLAN_FLAG_NOPROMISC calls dev_set_promiscuity() on the lower
device, which lives in the parent netns.
A macvlan device can be moved into a child netns owned by a child
userns; root inside that child namespace (no CAP_NET_ADMIN in the
lower device's namespace) can then flip the parent namespace
lowerdev's promiscuity counter at will.
Extend the existing guard to IFLA_MACVLAN_FLAGS.
This issue was discovered by Tencent CodeBuddy Security.
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: df8ef8f3aaa6 ("macvlan: add FDB bridge ops and macvlan flags")
Signed-off-by: Henry Martin <bsdhenrymartin@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/macvlan.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
index afad90b9222a2..d30cffddb1e1b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
@@ -1641,7 +1641,8 @@ static int macvlan_changelink(struct net_device *dev,
int ret;
if (data &&
- (data[IFLA_MACVLAN_BC_QUEUE_LEN] || data[IFLA_MACVLAN_BC_CUTOFF]) &&
+ (data[IFLA_MACVLAN_BC_QUEUE_LEN] || data[IFLA_MACVLAN_BC_CUTOFF] ||
+ data[IFLA_MACVLAN_FLAGS]) &&
!rtnl_dev_link_net_capable(dev, dev_net(vlan->lowerdev))) {
NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
"Changing shared macvlan port settings requires CAP_NET_ADMIN in the lower device network namespace");
--
2.43.7