CVE-2026-52990 fsnotify: fix inode reference leak in fsnotify_recalc_mask()

🗓️ 24 Jun 2026 16:29:04Reported by GoogleType

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Linux kernel fix for inode reference leak in fsnotify_recalc_mask when HAS_IREF clears.

Reporter	Title	Published	Views	Family All 18
ATTACKERKB	CVE-2026-52990	24 Jun 202616:29	–	attackerkb
CVE	CVE-2026-52990	24 Jun 202616:29	–	cve
Cvelist	CVE-2026-52990 fsnotify: fix inode reference leak in fsnotify_recalc_mask()	24 Jun 202616:29	–	cvelist
Debian CVE	CVE-2026-52990	24 Jun 202616:29	–	debiancve
EUVD	EUVD-2026-38858	24 Jun 202618:32	–	euvd
NVD	CVE-2026-52990	24 Jun 202617:17	–	nvd
OSV	BELL-CVE-2026-52990	26 Jun 202606:12	–	osv
OSV	DEBIAN-CVE-2026-52990	24 Jun 202617:17	–	osv
OSV	ECHO-A9E9-E72F-D39A	25 Jun 202609:55	–	osv
OSV	ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2026-52990 CVE-2026-52990 in rootio-linux - Patched by Root	5 Jul 202603:40	–	osv

Source	Link
git	www.git.kernel.org/stable/c/4aca914ac152f5d055ddcb36704d1e539ac08977
git	www.git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c80289503da3658e3df80280598c68d181eadbd
git	www.git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c8afa6444e6bdc145d2bf2f3aeeca6da3e36b42
git	www.git.kernel.org/stable/c/b740cc86816bbc87902ae9db74cd21abde3c8d63
github	www.github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/52xxx/CVE-2026-52990.json
nvd	www.nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-52990
git	www.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

08 Jul 2026 08:05Current

5.8Medium risk

Vulners AI Score5.8

EPSS0.00175

inode_reference fsnotify_recalc_mask has_iref_flag reference_leak_fix