Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2026-46040

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 inotif…

EPSS: 0.000 (9.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Linux — versions 6.18.27, 5.15.209, 7.1-rc1

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