CVE-2026-68294net: qrtr: restrict socket creation to the initial network namespace
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: qrtr: restrict socket creation to the initial network namespace QRTR keeps its entire port and node state in module-global variables that are not partitioned per network namespace: qrtr_local_nid is a single global node id (always 1) and qrtr_ports is a single global xarray. qrtr_port_lookup() and qrtr_local_enqueue() operate on that global state with no network-namespace check, and qrtr_create() places no restriction on the namespace a socket is created in. As a result an unprivileged process that creates an AF_QIPCRTR socket in a separate network namespace, e.g. via unshare(CLONE_NEWUSER | CLONE_NEWNET), can send QRTR datagrams - including control-plane messages such as QRTR_TYPE_NEW_SERVER - to QRTR sockets owned by another namespace, and vice versa. The receiving socket sees such a message as coming from node id 1, indistinguishable from a legitimate local client, breaking the isolation that network namespaces are expected to provide. QRTR is a transport to global hardware endpoints (the modem and other remote processors) and has no per-namespace semantics; its in-kernel name service already creates its socket in init_net only. Confine the socket family to the initial network namespace, as other non-namespace-aware socket families do (see llc_ui_create() and the ieee802154 socket code).
- CVSS
- 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Linux
- NVD analysis
- Received
- Record last updated
- Oct 16, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name) | from bdabad3e363d825ddf9679dd431cca0b2c30f881 before 7814f6a3415cad38aa8d6dfc573df778260d66aa; from bdabad3e363d825ddf9679dd431cca0b2c30f881 before 2d22b94a154ccb9755dddfff802fe3e2b1adbab5; from bdabad3e363d825ddf9679dd431cca0b2c30f881 before 8d351fe0654a20c9f95a61b05d24ebe6d4be3fbb; from bdabad3e363d825ddf9679dd431cca0b2c30f881 before 4b95e1f0d6e6342c427cb341ee18a894b146b789; from bdabad3e363d825ddf9679dd431cca0b2c30f881 before f488116df769bdaf89c93371350e49e12133e70f; from bdabad3e363d825ddf9679dd431cca0b2c30f881 before 8150c48fb978e01689f94ed80148f8a7499ae571; from bdabad3e363d825ddf9679dd431cca0b2c30f881 before 659b9b4f194bb56b9903cc95e786ef1d438baa7d; from bdabad3e363d825ddf9679dd431cca0b2c30f881 before 3b536db8fb32da9e9c62f2bb45e2e319331f0426 | CNA record |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7814f6a3415cad38aa8d6dfc573df778260d66aa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d22b94a154ccb9755dddfff802fe3e2b1adbab5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d351fe0654a20c9f95a61b05d24ebe6d4be3fbb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b95e1f0d6e6342c427cb341ee18a894b146b789
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f488116df769bdaf89c93371350e49e12133e70f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8150c48fb978e01689f94ed80148f8a7499ae571
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/659b9b4f194bb56b9903cc95e786ef1d438baa7d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b536db8fb32da9e9c62f2bb45e2e319331f0426
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