CVE-2026-31692: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 2.6.33, before 6.18.24 (fixed in 6.18.24); from 6.19, before 6.19.14 (fixed in 6.19.14); version 7.0 only

Published 2026-04-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.