From: Nikolaos Gkarlis <nickgarlis@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: kuba@kernel.org, nickgarlis@gmail.com, kuniyu@google.com
Subject: [PATCH net v4] rtnetlink: add missing netlink_ns_capable() check for peer netns
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2026 22:33:38 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260328213338.450601-1-nickgarlis@gmail.com> (raw)
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.
Fixes: 81adee47dfb6 ("net: Support specifying the network namespace upon device creation.")
Signed-off-by: Nikolaos Gkarlis <nickgarlis@gmail.com>
---
v4:
- Use IS_ERR_OR_NULL instead of IS_ERR + null check.
v3:
- Move netlink_ns_capable() check from rtnl_newlink() into
rtnl_get_peer_net(), after the last rtnl_link_get_net_ifla(tb)
call. The tbp path is already covered by rtnl_link_get_net_capable()
in the caller. (suggested by Kuniyuki)
- Pass skb to rtnl_get_peer_net() for the capability check.
- Add IS_ERR() check on rtnl_link_get_net_ifla(tb) return value.
v2:
- Removed "Reported-by" tag
- Fixed "Fixes" tag with the help of Kuniyuki Iwashima (thanks !)
net/core/rtnetlink.c | 17 ++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index fae8034efbf..a4d8fd8232e 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -3894,12 +3894,14 @@ static int rtnl_newlink_create(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ifinfomsg *ifm,
goto out;
}
-static struct net *rtnl_get_peer_net(const struct rtnl_link_ops *ops,
+static struct net *rtnl_get_peer_net(struct sk_buff *skb,
+ const struct rtnl_link_ops *ops,
struct nlattr *tbp[],
struct nlattr *data[],
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
{
struct nlattr *tb[IFLA_MAX + 1];
+ struct net *net;
int err;
if (!data || !data[ops->peer_type])
@@ -3915,7 +3917,16 @@ static struct net *rtnl_get_peer_net(const struct rtnl_link_ops *ops,
return ERR_PTR(err);
}
- return rtnl_link_get_net_ifla(tb);
+ net = rtnl_link_get_net_ifla(tb);
+ if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(net))
+ return net;
+
+ if (!netlink_ns_capable(skb, net->user_ns, CAP_NET_ADMIN)) {
+ put_net(net);
+ return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
+ }
+
+ return net;
}
static int __rtnl_newlink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
@@ -4054,7 +4065,7 @@ static int rtnl_newlink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
}
if (ops->peer_type) {
- peer_net = rtnl_get_peer_net(ops, tb, data, extack);
+ peer_net = rtnl_get_peer_net(skb, ops, tb, data, extack);
if (IS_ERR(peer_net)) {
ret = PTR_ERR(peer_net);
goto put_ops;
--
2.34.1
next reply other threads:[~2026-03-28 21:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-28 21:33 Nikolaos Gkarlis [this message]
2026-03-31 14:43 ` [PATCH net v4] rtnetlink: add missing netlink_ns_capable() check for peer netns Nikolaos Gkarlis
2026-04-02 2:45 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-04-02 17:45 ` Nikolaos Gkarlis
2026-04-02 17:52 ` Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-04-02 18:17 ` Nikolaos Gkarlis
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