CVE-2023-54119
inotify: Avoid reporting event with invalid wd
CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: inotify: Avoid reporting event with invalid wd When inotify_freeing_mark() races with inotify_handle_inode_event() it can happen that inotify_handle_inode_event() sees that i_mark->wd got already reset to -1 and reports this value to userspace which can confuse the inotify listener. Avoid the problem by validating that wd is sensible (and pretend the mark got removed before the event got generated otherwise).
| Vendor | linux |
| Product | linux |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | Technology |
| Published | Dec 24, 2025 |
| Last Updated | May 11, 2026 |
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Affected Versions
Linux / Linux
7e790dd5fc937bc8d2400c30a05e32a9e9eef276 < 8fb33166aed888769ea63d6af49515893f8a1f14 7e790dd5fc937bc8d2400c30a05e32a9e9eef276 < 2d65c97777e5b4a845637800d5d7b648f5772106 7e790dd5fc937bc8d2400c30a05e32a9e9eef276 < 17ad86d8c12220de97e80d88b5b4c934a40e1812 7e790dd5fc937bc8d2400c30a05e32a9e9eef276 < 145f54ea336b06cf4f92eeee996f2ffca939ea43 7e790dd5fc937bc8d2400c30a05e32a9e9eef276 < fb3294998489d39835006240e9c6e6b2ac62022e 7e790dd5fc937bc8d2400c30a05e32a9e9eef276 < a48bacee05860c6089c3482bcdc80720b0ee5732 7e790dd5fc937bc8d2400c30a05e32a9e9eef276 < c915d8f5918bea7c3962b09b8884ca128bfd9b0c
Linux / Linux
2.6.31
References
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fb33166aed888769ea63d6af49515893f8a1f14 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d65c97777e5b4a845637800d5d7b648f5772106 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17ad86d8c12220de97e80d88b5b4c934a40e1812 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/145f54ea336b06cf4f92eeee996f2ffca939ea43 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb3294998489d39835006240e9c6e6b2ac62022e git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a48bacee05860c6089c3482bcdc80720b0ee5732 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c915d8f5918bea7c3962b09b8884ca128bfd9b0c