inotify: fix watch count leak when fsnotify_add_inode_mark_locked() fails

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CVE-2026-46040 inotify: fix watch count leak when fsnotify_add_inode_mark_locked() fails

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: inotify: fix watch count leak when fsnotifyaddinodemarklocked fails When fsnotifyaddinodemarklocked fails in inotifynewwatch, the error path calls inotifyremovefromidr but does not call decinotifywatches to undo the preceding...

CVE-2026-46040

CVE-2026-46040: In the Linux kernel inotify path, when fsnotify_add_inode_mark_locked() fails during inotify_new_watch(), the error path did not call dec_inotify_watches(), leaking a watch count and potentially exhausting max_user_watches (-ENOSPC) even with no active watches. The fix introduces ...

CVE-2026-46040

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: inotify: fix watch count leak when fsnotifyaddinodemarklocked fails When fsnotifyaddinodemarklocked fails in inotifynewwatch, the error path calls inotifyremovefromidr but does not call decinotifywatches to undo the preceding...