5.5

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.
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LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 4.11 < 5.10.258
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.11 < 5.15.209
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.16 < 6.1.175
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.2 < 6.6.140
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.7 < 6.12.86
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.13 < 6.18.27
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.19 < 7.0.4
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Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.12% 0.024
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bcc1cd237ab5ccfdd102869fa031c541943cf40
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73ddc8518a32baff6bc17afda4ee1ebae5b4ed12
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdaa42ca370d056428e5e171247c8fdce8dff36a
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e48844f708eb48bae4e79cb21edc097c966306d
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a320935fa4293e9e599ec9f85dc9eb3be7029f8
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10edf7e0ffdc7faa18e2244b17722c1b882b8273
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ab58cf42c46bf2366d2f55ae5c59299d5e178b7
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ad9ccea1b25435f6179b57aa891960beb7ce8f9
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