[PATCH net v4] net: qualcomm: rmnet: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the real device netns for config ops
From: Abdifatah Suruur <hidden>
Date: 2026-09-01 08:14:47
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Subsystem:
networking drivers, qualcomm rmnet driver, the rest · Maintainers:
Andrew Lunn, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Subash Abhinov Kasiviswanathan, Sean Tranchetti, Linus Torvalds
An rmnet device may be created with its real device in a different
netns than the rmnet device itself (rmnet_newlink() resolves it in
link_net), and the rtnl config paths below only check CAP_NET_ADMIN
against dev_net(dev), while mutating rmnet port state attached to the
real device:
- rmnet_changelink() rewrites the endpoint mux table and
port->data_format and, via rmnet_vnd_update_dev_mtu(), can shrink the
MTU of the rmnet endpoint netdevs.
- rmnet_add_bridge() and rmnet_del_bridge(), reachable via
ndo_add_slave/ndo_del_slave through RTM_SETLINK IFLA_MASTER, flip
port->rmnet_mode and port->bridge_ep on the real device's port; with
bridge_ep pointing at a caller-owned device, rmnet_rx_handler() then
forwards real-device ingress frames to it.
A caller privileged only in the rmnet device's netns can therefore
rewrite the shared cellular data-path state owned by another netns, and
steer its ingress traffic.
Gate all three with rtnl_dev_link_net_capable(), matching the "require
CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink" series (vxlan/geneve,
CVE-2026-68432).
Fixes: 2abb5792387e ("net: qualcomm: rmnet: Allow configuration updates to existing devices")
Fixes: 60d58f971c1077 ("net: qualcomm: rmnet: Implement bridge mode")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Abdifatah Suruur <redacted>
---
v4:
- use the netdev comment style, per Subash Abhinav Kasiviswanathan
v3:
- cover rmnet_add_bridge() and rmnet_del_bridge() with the same gate;
they mutate the same real-device port state via ndo_add_slave/
ndo_del_slave and have no capability check of their own
- correct the impact wording: rmnet_vnd_update_dev_mtu() only reads
real_dev->mtu; the MTU store lands on the rmnet endpoint netdevs via
rmnet_vnd_change_mtu(), not on the real device
v2:
- drop Reported-by: (implied for the author), per Jakub Kicinski
---
.../ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_config.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_config.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_config.c
index 78d4df55740a1..73bd5419cb136 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_config.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_config.c@@ -312,6 +312,13 @@ static int rmnet_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[], if (!rmnet_is_real_dev_registered(real_dev)) return -ENODEV; + /* The rtnl path only checks CAP_NET_ADMIN against dev_net(dev), + * but the port state mutated below is attached to real_dev, which + * may live in a different netns. + */ + if (!rtnl_dev_link_net_capable(dev, dev_net(real_dev))) + return -EPERM; + port = rmnet_get_port_rtnl(real_dev); if (data[IFLA_RMNET_MUX_ID]) {
@@ -440,6 +447,13 @@ int rmnet_add_bridge(struct net_device *rmnet_dev, struct rmnet_port *port, *slave_port; int err; + /* The rtnl path only checks CAP_NET_ADMIN against dev_net(dev), + * but the port state mutated below is attached to real_dev, which + * may live in a different netns. + */ + if (!rtnl_dev_link_net_capable(rmnet_dev, dev_net(real_dev))) + return -EPERM; + port = rmnet_get_port_rtnl(real_dev); /* If there is more than one rmnet dev attached, its probably being
@@ -488,7 +502,18 @@ int rmnet_add_bridge(struct net_device *rmnet_dev, int rmnet_del_bridge(struct net_device *rmnet_dev, struct net_device *slave_dev) { - struct rmnet_port *port = rmnet_get_port_rtnl(slave_dev); + struct rmnet_priv *priv = netdev_priv(rmnet_dev); + struct net_device *real_dev = priv->real_dev; + struct rmnet_port *port; + + /* The rtnl path only checks CAP_NET_ADMIN against dev_net(dev), + * but rmnet_unregister_bridge() below clears the bridge state of + * the real device's port, which may live in a different netns. + */ + if (!rtnl_dev_link_net_capable(rmnet_dev, dev_net(real_dev))) + return -EPERM; + + port = rmnet_get_port_rtnl(slave_dev); rmnet_unregister_bridge(port);
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