CVE-2026-46040

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"10edf7e0ffdc7faa18e2244b17722c1b882b8273", "versionType": "git"}, {"status": "affected", "version": "1cce1eea0aff51201753fcaca421df825b0813b6", "lessThan": "3ad9ccea1b25435f6179b57aa891960beb7ce8f9", "versionType": "git"}, {"status": "affected", "version": "1cce1eea0aff51201753fcaca421df825b0813b6", "lessThan": "8bcc1cd237ab5ccfdd102869fa031c541943cf40", "versionType": "git"}, {"status": "affected", "version": "1cce1eea0aff51201753fcaca421df825b0813b6", "lessThan": "73ddc8518a32baff6bc17afda4ee1ebae5b4ed12", "versionType": "git"}, {"status": "affected", "version": "1cce1eea0aff51201753fcaca421df825b0813b6", "lessThan": "fdaa42ca370d056428e5e171247c8fdce8dff36a", "versionType": "git"}, {"status": "affected", "version": "1cce1eea0aff51201753fcaca421df825b0813b6", "lessThan": "9e48844f708eb48bae4e79cb21edc097c966306d", "versionType": "git"}, {"status": "affected", "version": "1cce1eea0aff51201753fcaca421df825b0813b6", "lessThan": "6a320935fa4293e9e599ec9f85dc9eb3be7029f8", "versionType": "git"}], "programFiles": ["fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c"], "defaultStatus": "unaffected"}, {"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "4.11"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "0", "lessThan": "4.11", "versionType": "semver"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "5.10.258", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "5.15.209", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "6.1.175", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "6.6.140", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "6.12.86", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "6.18.27", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "7.0.4", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.0.*"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "7.1", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix", "lessThanOrEqual": "*"}], "programFiles": ["fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c"], "defaultStatus": "affected"}]}], "published": "2026-05-27T14:17:23.387", "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10edf7e0ffdc7faa18e2244b17722c1b882b8273", "tags": ["Patch"], "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ab58cf42c46bf2366d2f55ae5c59299d5e178b7", "tags": ["Patch"], "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ad9ccea1b25435f6179b57aa891960beb7ce8f9", "tags": ["Patch"], "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a320935fa4293e9e599ec9f85dc9eb3be7029f8", "tags": ["Patch"], "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73ddc8518a32baff6bc17afda4ee1ebae5b4ed12", "tags": ["Patch"], "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bcc1cd237ab5ccfdd102869fa031c541943cf40", "tags": ["Patch"], "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e48844f708eb48bae4e79cb21edc097c966306d", "tags": ["Patch"], "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdaa42ca370d056428e5e171247c8fdce8dff36a", "tags": ["Patch"], "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}], "vulnStatus": "Analyzed", "weaknesses": [{"type": "Primary", "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "NVD-CWE-Other"}]}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ninotify: fix watch count leak when fsnotify_add_inode_mark_locked() fails\n\nWhen fsnotify_add_inode_mark_locked() fails in inotify_new_watch(),\nthe error path calls inotify_remove_from_idr() but does not call\ndec_inotify_watches() to undo the preceding inc_inotify_watches().\nThis leaks a watch count, and repeated failures can exhaust the\nmax_user_watches limit with -ENOSPC even when no watches are active.\n\nPrior to commit 1cce1eea0aff (\"inotify: Convert to using per-namespace\nlimits\"), the watch count was incremented after fsnotify_add_mark_locked()\nsucceeded, so this path was not affected. The conversion moved\ninc_inotify_watches() before the mark insertion without adding the\ncorresponding rollback.\n\nAdd the missing dec_inotify_watches() call in the error path."}], "lastModified": "2026-06-17T10:52:56.907", "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "EDD978C9-3435-4AC5-AE97-062846CF653F", "versionEndExcluding": "5.10.258", "versionStartIncluding": "4.11"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "919C10A9-7951-4A74-BADD-C135A0A8D8B4", "versionEndExcluding": "5.15.209", "versionStartIncluding": "5.11"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "92385813-D91D-480D-83A1-F423D2CBB2BA", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.175", "versionStartIncluding": "5.16"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "A1A92866-F406-43B5-B2D1-CFC274753E9D", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.140", "versionStartIncluding": "6.2"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "55DA1C62-9991-451E-B8A8-E0004E00F789", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.86", "versionStartIncluding": "6.7"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "A10AC84F-C058-47D5-85B4-E6E51A613B74", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.27", "versionStartIncluding": "6.13"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "CDB78D6D-22C3-4154-B0D0-94AF1CE5C2E3", "versionEndExcluding": "7.0.4", "versionStartIncluding": "6.19"}], "operator": "OR"}]}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}