CVE-2026-63921: Linux kernel · ip6: vti: Use ip6_tnl.net in vti6_siocdevprivate().
Affects Linux kernelSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.8 High · fixed in df42ac708acc3399bbb6dc5ca16e0540adda7bbf : patch Linux kernel soon.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:30 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 4% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- No evidence of active exploitation and no public proof of concept
- Automatable
- Attackers cannot reliably automate steps 1–4 of the kill chain
- Technical impact
- Total control over the software or total information disclosure
CISA SSVC assessment, 2026-10-16.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in df42ac708acc3399bbb6dc5ca16e0540adda7bbf, d2236348414bdd6558385f35aa7fdc9bf5634011, 853f6ea482dfcd3404bbef458ab4d68364eed838 +5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 19 Jul 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Upgrade to a fixed release listed under Affected software.
Affected software
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ip6: vti: Use ip6_tnl.net in vti6_siocdevprivate(). After patch 1/2 in this series, vti6_update() unlinks and relinks the tunnel through t->net. vti6_siocdevprivate() still uses dev_net(dev) for the collision lookup. For a tunnel moved through IFLA_NET_NS_FD, dev_net(dev) is the new netns, not t->net. SIOCCHGTUNNEL on a migrated tunnel then runs: net = dev_net(dev) /* migrated netns */ t = vti6_locate(net, &p1, false) /* misses target in t->net */ ... t = netdev_priv(dev) vti6_update(t, &p1, false) /* mutates t->net's hash */ A caller in the migrated netns picks params that match a tunnel in the creation netns. The lookup in dev_net(dev) finds nothing. vti6_update() prepends the migrated tunnel at the head of the creation netns hash bucket for those params. Later lookups in the creation netns resolve to the migrated device. xfrm receive delivers the matched packets through a device the caller controls. Reachable from an unprivileged user namespace (unshare --user --map-root-user --net). Cross tenant scope on container hosts. Switch the SIOCCHGTUNNEL path on a non fallback device to use t->net for the lookup. The lookup now matches the netns vti6_update() operates on. Also add ns_capable(self->net->user_ns, CAP_NET_ADMIN) before the lookup. The check at the top of the case is against dev_net(dev)->user_ns, which after migration is the attacker's netns. A caller there can pick params absent from self->net, the lookup returns NULL, t becomes self, and vti6_update() inserts the device into the creation netns hash. The new check requires CAP_NET_ADMIN in the creation netns user_ns too. SIOCADDTUNNEL and SIOCCHGTUNNEL on the fallback device keep dev_net(dev), which equals init_net there.
References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/94ff740a7f9ef5c010784a325dca00cbf228f941 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/df42ac708acc3399bbb6dc5ca16e0540adda7bbf (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/44d2ff7d2178503b93151140a45dfa2ad49c9906 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1acfb7d9c6fc7e209ed7789392697e97e03edd33 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2236348414bdd6558385f35aa7fdc9bf5634011 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/853f6ea482dfcd3404bbef458ab4d68364eed838 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/596f6354c96a891e58c04a09cbfb7b0d1ec00dab (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b484efd5cb4eeef9021a661e198edc5349dacf6 (opens in a new tab)