CVE-2026-46040
inotify: fix watch count leak when fsnotify_add_inode_mark_locked() fails
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
inotify: fix watch count leak when fsnotify_add_inode_mark_locked() fails
When fsnotify_add_inode_mark_locked() fails in inotify_new_watch(),
the error path calls inotify_remove_from_idr() but does not call
dec_inotify_watches() to undo the preceding inc_inotify_watches().
This leaks a watch count, and repeated failures can exhaust the
max_user_watches limit with -ENOSPC even when no watches are active.
Prior to commit 1cce1eea0aff ("inotify: Convert to using per-namespace
limits"), the watch count was incremented after fsnotify_add_mark_locked()
succeeded, so this path was not affected. The conversion moved
inc_inotify_watches() before the mark insertion without adding the
corresponding rollback.
Add the missing dec_inotify_watches() call in the error path.
Produtos afetados
Linux · LinuxQuer saber se a sua infraestrutura está exposta a isto?
Falar com a TrueHacking →Referências
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10edf7e0ffdc7faa18e2244b17722c1b882b8273https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ab58cf42c46bf2366d2f55ae5c59299d5e178b7https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ad9ccea1b25435f6179b57aa891960beb7ce8f9https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a320935fa4293e9e599ec9f85dc9eb3be7029f8https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73ddc8518a32baff6bc17afda4ee1ebae5b4ed12https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bcc1cd237ab5ccfdd102869fa031c541943cf40https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e48844f708eb48bae4e79cb21edc097c966306dhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdaa42ca370d056428e5e171247c8fdce8dff36a