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FKIE_CVE-2026-72049

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-15 06:21 - Updated: 2026-08-17 06:18
Severity
7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ieee802154: admin-gate legacy LLSEC dump operations In net/ieee802154/netlink.c, the legacy IEEE802154_NL family ops table builds the LLSEC dump entries (LLSEC_LIST_KEY, LLSEC_LIST_DEV, LLSEC_LIST_DEVKEY, LLSEC_LIST_SECLEVEL) with IEEE802154_DUMP() which sets no .flags, so generic netlink runs them ungated. The modern nl802154 family admin-gates the equivalent reads via NL802154_CMD_GET_SEC_KEY and friends with .flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM. Any local uid that can open AF_NETLINK / NETLINK_GENERIC can resolve the "802.15.4 MAC" family and dump LLSEC_LIST_KEY on any wpan netdev that has an LLSEC key installed; the dump handler writes the raw 16-byte AES-128 key bytes (IEEE802154_ATTR_LLSEC_KEY_BYTES, copied verbatim from struct ieee802154_llsec_key.key) into the reply. Recovering the AES key compromises 802.15.4 LLSEC link confidentiality and authenticity, since LLSEC uses CCM* and the same key authenticates and encrypts frames. Impact: any local uid with no capabilities can read the raw 16-byte AES-128 LLSEC key from the kernel keytable on any wpan netdev that has an administrator-installed LLSEC key, by issuing an LLSEC_LIST_KEY dump on the legacy IEEE802154_NL generic-netlink family. Introduce IEEE802154_DUMP_PRIV() mirroring IEEE802154_DUMP() but setting .flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM, and use it for the four LLSEC dump entries. LIST_PHY and LIST_IFACE retain IEEE802154_DUMP() because the modern nl802154 family exposes their equivalents to unprivileged readers by design (NL802154_CMD_GET_WPAN_PHY and NL802154_CMD_GET_INTERFACE carry "can be retrieved by unprivileged users" annotations).
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09fd25cd8cd80a6b3edef04e53a7324d06ac2180
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1905ebabe638c946aced00c4bb664da26cac56d5
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3465035ba18b1ed50f8d201897d14135d20532b0
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5abe94a205539d27945cda3ba43fdcfe295cf2c8
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6383248058956f2a52d720b1e9f8921099cdae04
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c1e0b6d49471a712511d23fc9d06901561135e8
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dffe745760f38fac0b8288e0dc4759b23d9888ff
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e84708ef7521f3bffc85a449954042018abbd60e
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nieee802154: admin-gate legacy LLSEC dump operations\n\nIn net/ieee802154/netlink.c, the legacy IEEE802154_NL family ops table\nbuilds the LLSEC dump entries (LLSEC_LIST_KEY, LLSEC_LIST_DEV,\nLLSEC_LIST_DEVKEY, LLSEC_LIST_SECLEVEL) with IEEE802154_DUMP() which\nsets no .flags, so generic netlink runs them ungated. The modern\nnl802154 family admin-gates the equivalent reads via\nNL802154_CMD_GET_SEC_KEY and friends with .flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM.\n\nAny local uid that can open AF_NETLINK / NETLINK_GENERIC can resolve\nthe \"802.15.4 MAC\" family and dump LLSEC_LIST_KEY on any wpan netdev\nthat has an LLSEC key installed; the dump handler writes the raw\n16-byte AES-128 key bytes (IEEE802154_ATTR_LLSEC_KEY_BYTES, copied\nverbatim from struct ieee802154_llsec_key.key) into the reply.\nRecovering the AES key compromises 802.15.4 LLSEC link confidentiality\nand authenticity, since LLSEC uses CCM* and the same key authenticates\nand encrypts frames.\n\nImpact: any local uid with no capabilities can read the raw 16-byte\nAES-128 LLSEC key from the kernel keytable on any wpan netdev that has\nan administrator-installed LLSEC key, by issuing an LLSEC_LIST_KEY\ndump on the legacy IEEE802154_NL generic-netlink family.\n\nIntroduce IEEE802154_DUMP_PRIV() mirroring IEEE802154_DUMP() but\nsetting .flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM, and use it for the four LLSEC dump\nentries. LIST_PHY and LIST_IFACE retain IEEE802154_DUMP() because the\nmodern nl802154 family exposes their equivalents to unprivileged\nreaders by design (NL802154_CMD_GET_WPAN_PHY and\nNL802154_CMD_GET_INTERFACE carry \"can be retrieved by unprivileged\nusers\" annotations)."
    }
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  "id": "CVE-2026-72049",
  "lastModified": "2026-08-17T06:18:02.973",
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          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "attackVector": "LOCAL",
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          "baseScore": 7.1,
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          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
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          "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
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  "vulnStatus": "Received"
}



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