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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.3
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
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| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-livepatch-5.15.210-148.245Upgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade python-perf-debuginfoUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-livepatch-5.10.259-258.1043Upgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade python-perfUpgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade bpftool | Aug 2, 2026 | Aug 2, 2026 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade perf6.12Upgrade python3-perf6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-modules-extra-commonUpgrade perf6.18Upgrade bpftool6.12-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel6.18-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-modules-extra-commonUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-headersUpgrade python3-perf6.18Upgrade bpftool6.18Upgrade kernel-livepatch-6.18.35-68.127Upgrade perf6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel6.12Upgrade kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel6.12-modules-extraUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel6.18Upgrade kernel-modules-extraUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade python3-perf-debuginfoUpgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-develUpgrade kernel6.12-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel6.12-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-livepatch-6.12.94-123.174Upgrade kernelUpgrade microvm-kernel6.18Upgrade kernel-livepatch-6.1.176-220.358Upgrade python3-perfUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel6.18-toolsUpgrade kernel6.18-develUpgrade kernel6.12-tools-develUpgrade kernel6.12-toolsUpgrade kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade python3-perf6.12Upgrade kernel-modules-extra-commonUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel6.18-debuginfoUpgrade python3-perf6.12-debuginfoUpgrade perf6.12-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-tools-develUpgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade kernel6.18-modules-extraUpgrade bpftool6.18-debuginfoUpgrade bpftool6.12Upgrade kernel6.18-headers | Aug 10, 2026 | Jul 19, 2026 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Jul 20, 2026 | Jul 20, 2026 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 23, 2026 | Jul 19, 2026 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-raspi-realtime-7.0Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1109-kvmUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1118-gcpUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-198-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-aws-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gke-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gcp-fips-5.15Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-bosUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-195-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1117-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-146-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1015-raspiUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1122-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-azure-5.15Upgrade linux-image-virtual-5.15Upgrade linux-image-virtual-6.8Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1112-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-azure-fde-5.15Upgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-ibm-5.15Upgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-20.04Upgrade linux-image-gcp-6.8Upgrade linux-image-aws-lts-24.04Upgrade 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linux-image-azure-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1123-azure-fipsUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1123-azureUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1117-awsUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1114-oracleUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-6.8Upgrade linux-image-kvm-5.15Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1116-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-gke-5.15Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04 | Jul 21, 2026 | Jul 20, 2026 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jul 27, 2026 | Jul 19, 2026 |
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