CVE-2026-63914

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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.

Severity

HIGH

CVSS score

7.3 (v3.1)

Vulnerability status

Undergoing Analysis

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-07-19 16:17:09.373000

Last modified

2026-10-19 21:17:10.580000

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  "published": "2026-07-19T16:17:09.373",
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nxfrm: route MIGRATE notifications to caller's netns\n\nxfrm_send_migrate() in net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c and pfkey_send_migrate()\nin net/key/af_key.c both hardcode &init_net for the multicast that\nannounces a successful XFRM_MSG_MIGRATE / SADB_X_MIGRATE.\n\nXFRM_MSG_MIGRATE arrives on a per-netns NETLINK_XFRM socket, and the\nrest of the xfrm/af_key netlink path was made netns-aware in 2008.\nThe other 14 multicast paths in xfrm_user.c route their event using\nxs_net(x), xp_net(xp) or sock_net(skb->sk); only the migrate path\nwas missed.\n\nTwo consequences of the init_net hardcoding:\n\n  1. The notification (selector, old/new endpoint addresses, and the\n     km_address) is delivered to listeners on init_net's\n     XFRMNLGRP_MIGRATE / pfkey BROADCAST_ALL groups rather than on\n     the issuing netns. An IKE daemon running in init_net therefore\n     receives migration notifications originating from any other\n     netns on the host.\n\n  2. An IKE daemon running inside a non-init netns and subscribed\n     to its own XFRMNLGRP_MIGRATE / pfkey groups never receives the\n     notification of its own migration. IKEv2 MOBIKE / address-update\n     handling inside a netns is silently broken.\n\nThread struct net through km_migrate() and the xfrm_mgr.migrate\nfunction pointer, drop the &init_net override in xfrm_send_migrate()\nand pfkey_send_migrate(), and pass the caller's net (already in\nscope in xfrm_migrate() via sock_net(skb->sk)) all the way down.\nstruct xfrm_mgr is in-tree only and not exported as a stable API,\nso the function-pointer signature change is internal.\n\npfkey_broadcast() is already netns-aware via net_generic(net,\npfkey_net_id) since the pernet conversion. The five other\npfkey_broadcast() callers in af_key.c already pass xs_net(x),\nsock_net(sk) or a per-netns net, so this only removes the\n&init_net outlier."
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