CVE-2026-52909

ip6_vti: set netns_immutable on the fallback device.

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 19, 2026 at 02:43 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 08:18 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ip6_vti: set netns_immutable on the fallback device. john1988 and Noam Rathaus reported that vti6_init_net() does not set the netns_immutable flag on the per-netns fallback tunnel device (ip6_vti0). Other similar tunnel drivers (like ip6_tunnel, sit, ip6_gre, and ip_tunnel) correctly set this flag during their fallback device initialization to prevent them from being moved to another network namespace.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

3.15 ≤ v < 5.10.2605.11 ≤ v < 5.15.2115.16 ≤ v < 6.1.1776.13 ≤ v < 6.18.366.19 ≤ v < 7.0.136.2 ≤ v < 6.6.1446.7 ≤ v < 6.12.9561220ab349485d911083d0b7990ccd3db6c632977.17.1 rc17.1 rc27.1 rc37.1 rc47.1 rc57.1 rc67.1 rc7
Vendor states this is fixed in 12acc977838c943636fb01e2f3087d2e4cc3b7cc (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 12c65e2c7fef507551bd7b52123598a761662c01 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7f28e3948c59481f8db9c9638e204258d26b4e41 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c5dbd669db5a426b3025512322e1bf2cdbe14305 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d289d5307762d1838aaece22c6b6fcad9e8865f9 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in dcdce3bc9f08026ff3739ee7339e1bef526fc5f3 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ecf8904067dcba0dad86ece80874841e60317885 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f4b6b4af7ef0661ac153c6f7eb1030aa8482c1a3 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3.15 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.260 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.211 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.177 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.95 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.36 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.144 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfoCWE-863

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