CVE-2026-31692

· NIST NVD ↗

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.

MEDIUM
CVSS severity
5.5
CVSS base score
2026-04-30
Published

CWE codes

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected products

linux:linux_kernel

Sources