CVE-2026-74283

tipc: require net admin for TIPCv2 netlink mutators

State
Published
Severity
7.8 High
Published
Aug 15, 2026
Updated
Oct 16, 2026
Reserved
Aug 15, 2026

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tipc: require net admin for TIPCv2 netlink mutators

TIPCv2 registers mutating generic-netlink operations without admin permission flags. Generic netlink only checks CAP_NET_ADMIN when an operation sets GENL_ADMIN_PERM or GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM, so a local unprivileged process can currently change TIPC state through commands such as TIPC_NL_NET_SET, TIPC_NL_KEY_SET, TIPC_NL_KEY_FLUSH, and bearer enable/disable.

The legacy TIPC netlink API already checks netlink_net_capable(..., CAP_NET_ADMIN) for administrative commands. Give the TIPCv2 mutators the equivalent generic-netlink gate. Use GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM, which maps to the same namespace-aware CAP_NET_ADMIN check that netlink_net_capable() performs, so the behaviour matches the legacy path and keeps working for CAP_NET_ADMIN holders in a non-initial user namespace (containers).

A QEMU/KASAN repro run as uid/gid 65534 with zero effective capabilities previously succeeded in changing the network id and node identity, setting and flushing key material, and enabling/disabling a UDP bearer. With this patch applied the same operations fail with -EPERM.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLinux

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 0655f6a8635b1b66f2434d5556b1044c14b1ccaf to before b06fb5f78a9af0929aaa47c92d0b7bca0617fb25Affected
  • 0655f6a8635b1b66f2434d5556b1044c14b1ccaf to before 52864c6c13dcc292481eabfeb3c31a86c3ec06f2Affected
  • 0655f6a8635b1b66f2434d5556b1044c14b1ccaf to before e87dcc1a644d087de0bb6c94c6dd28c29b89597fAffected
  • 0655f6a8635b1b66f2434d5556b1044c14b1ccaf to before 9b937de4b3ded62a24da6e8d9d623cdb2748fa74Affected
  • 0655f6a8635b1b66f2434d5556b1044c14b1ccaf to before c9668a4adb2264625daeeabc7466b783badd4614Affected
  • 0655f6a8635b1b66f2434d5556b1044c14b1ccaf to before cebaefe1aceb650d5c99a4c0e1a4dde09e211818Affected
  • 0655f6a8635b1b66f2434d5556b1044c14b1ccaf to before 56f0a2e0a1d004e025cd031c3a801ab73959269fAffected
  • 0655f6a8635b1b66f2434d5556b1044c14b1ccaf to before 86b0c540e2ea397cde021eecd24145f7c16a3d4eAffected
LinuxLinux
  • 3.19Affected
  • before 3.19Not affected
  • 5.10.261 through 5.10.*Not affected
  • 5.15.212 through 5.15.*Not affected
  • 6.1.178 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.6.145 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.97 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.40 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.1.5 through 7.1.*Not affected
  • 7.2 and laterNot affected

References

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