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CVE-2026-46040 (GCVE-0-2026-46040)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-27 12:56 – Updated: 2026-09-08 08:49
VLAI
Title
inotify: fix watch count leak when fsnotify_add_inode_mark_locked() fails
Summary
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.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 1cce1eea0aff51201753fcaca421df825b0813b6 , < 3ab58cf42c46bf2366d2f55ae5c59299d5e178b7 (git)
Affected: 1cce1eea0aff51201753fcaca421df825b0813b6 , < 10edf7e0ffdc7faa18e2244b17722c1b882b8273 (git)
Affected: 1cce1eea0aff51201753fcaca421df825b0813b6 , < 3ad9ccea1b25435f6179b57aa891960beb7ce8f9 (git)
Affected: 1cce1eea0aff51201753fcaca421df825b0813b6 , < 8bcc1cd237ab5ccfdd102869fa031c541943cf40 (git)
Affected: 1cce1eea0aff51201753fcaca421df825b0813b6 , < 73ddc8518a32baff6bc17afda4ee1ebae5b4ed12 (git)
Affected: 1cce1eea0aff51201753fcaca421df825b0813b6 , < fdaa42ca370d056428e5e171247c8fdce8dff36a (git)
Affected: 1cce1eea0aff51201753fcaca421df825b0813b6 , < 9e48844f708eb48bae4e79cb21edc097c966306d (git)
Affected: 1cce1eea0aff51201753fcaca421df825b0813b6 , < 6a320935fa4293e9e599ec9f85dc9eb3be7029f8 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 4.11
Unaffected: 0 , < 4.11 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.258 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.209 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.175 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.140 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.86 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.27 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0.4 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP Affected: V3.1.6 , < * (custom)
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Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP Affected: V3.1.6 , < * (custom)
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Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP Affected: V3.1.6 , < * (custom)
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