CVE-2026-31692

MEDIUM

rtnetlink: add missing netlink_ns_capable() check for peer netns

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rtnetlink: add missing netlink_ns_capable() check for peer netns rtnl_newlink() lacks a CAP_NET_ADMIN capability check on the peer network namespace when creating paired devices (veth, vxcan, netkit). This allows an unprivileged user with a user namespace to create interfaces in arbitrary network namespaces, including init_net. Add a netlink_ns_capable() check for CAP_NET_ADMIN in the peer namespace before allowing device creation to proceed.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 2.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (10)
Linux/Linux < 2.6.33
Linux/Linux 2.6.33
Linux/Linux 6.18.24 - 6.18.*
Linux/Linux 6.19.14 - 6.19.*
Linux/Linux 7.0
Linux/Linux 81adee47dfb608df3ad0b91d230fb3cef75f0060 - 0975b64ffb34560042090a5986c3a02e6c80f36f
Linux/Linux 81adee47dfb608df3ad0b91d230fb3cef75f0060 - 7b735ef81286007794a227ce2539419479c02a5f
Linux/Linux 81adee47dfb608df3ad0b91d230fb3cef75f0060 - d04cc16d3624218a5458b2b664ae431f1b3b334d
linux/linux_kernel 7.0 rc1 (7 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 2.6.33 - 6.18.24
Published Apr 30, 2026
Tracked Since Apr 30, 2026