CVE-2023-54119

Linux Kernel - Information Disclosure via Inotify Event with Invalid Watch Descriptor

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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).

Scores

EPSS 0.0019
EPSS Percentile 8.6%

Details

Status published
Products (22)
linux/Kernel 2.6.31 - 5.4.243linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.112linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.29linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.180linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.2.16linux
linux/Kernel 6.3.0 - 6.3.3linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.31
Linux/Linux 2.6.31
Linux/Linux 5.10.180 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.112 - 5.15.*
... and 12 more
Published Dec 24, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026