CVE-2026-63914

xfrm: route MIGRATE notifications to caller's netns

HIGH
7.3
CVSS Score
Published: July 19, 2026 at 02:55 PM UTC
Updated: October 30, 2026 at 05:47 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

Using Linux by Linux?

Get instant alerts when new vulnerabilities affect Linux - before attackers find them.

Real-time alertsTrack your software stackFree plan available
Severity
HIGH7.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: route MIGRATE notifications to caller's netns xfrm_send_migrate() in net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c and pfkey_send_migrate() in net/key/af_key.c both hardcode &init_net for the multicast that announces a successful XFRM_MSG_MIGRATE / SADB_X_MIGRATE. XFRM_MSG_MIGRATE arrives on a per-netns NETLINK_XFRM socket, and the rest of the xfrm/af_key netlink path was made netns-aware in 2008. The other 14 multicast paths in xfrm_user.c route their event using xs_net(x), xp_net(xp) or sock_net(skb->sk); only the migrate path was missed. Two consequences of the init_net hardcoding: 1. The notification (selector, old/new endpoint addresses, and the km_address) is delivered to listeners on init_net's XFRMNLGRP_MIGRATE / pfkey BROADCAST_ALL groups rather than on the issuing netns. An IKE daemon running in init_net therefore receives migration notifications originating from any other netns on the host. 2. An IKE daemon running inside a non-init netns and subscribed to its own XFRMNLGRP_MIGRATE / pfkey groups never receives the notification of its own migration. IKEv2 MOBIKE / address-update handling inside a netns is silently broken. Thread struct net through km_migrate() and the xfrm_mgr.migrate function pointer, drop the &init_net override in xfrm_send_migrate() and pfkey_send_migrate(), and pass the caller's net (already in scope in xfrm_migrate() via sock_net(skb->sk)) all the way down. struct xfrm_mgr is in-tree only and not exported as a stable API, so the function-pointer signature change is internal. pfkey_broadcast() is already netns-aware via net_generic(net, pfkey_net_id) since the pernet conversion. The five other pfkey_broadcast() callers in af_key.c already pass xs_net(x), sock_net(sk) or a per-netns net, so this only removes the &init_net outlier.

Affected

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

2.6.21 ≤ v < 5.10.2595.11 ≤ v < 5.15.2105.16 ≤ v < 6.1.1766.13 ≤ v < 6.18.356.19 ≤ v < 7.0.126.2 ≤ v < 6.6.1436.7 ≤ v < 6.12.932.6.215c79de6e79cd8ecfbae28886be3ee49044f3a4d47.1
Vendor states this is fixed in 00f2c451e57df50b1151d9b2254878f106b7c892 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 26ce8dbf2e23fe4fcc3351d19ef6d3fb703ed126 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 448bb92ca101dde8a6e88b4dc824044b4e341604 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6df8157547347b5257bf640a0ae3dfc4411e06cd (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7e2a4f7ca0952820731ef7bdadfc9a9e9d3571b4 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a306cf2ac8849c487791369fad6f216399d000f6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in bafc7d0774b9bf52909c70ed990bc5ccf7ec4bad (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in fe463798343382c8fe9416a95959f005a3c30aa5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.21 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.259 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.210 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.176 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.93 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.35 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.143 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.3HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-862CWE-668

Get alerted

Stop reading CVE feeds looking for your own stack

Track the products you run and VulnTracker tells you when a new CVE affects them — with what is known about fixing it, and nothing about the rest.

Free plan, no card