CVE-2026-52990

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could exploit a race condition in the fsnotifyrecalcmask function, which fails to properly handle an inode reference. This improper handling can lead to an inode reference leak, causing tasks to hang and resulting in a Denial of Service DoS f...

EUVD-2026-38858

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fsnotify: fix inode reference leak in fsnotifyrecalcmask fsnotifyrecalcmask fails to handle the return value of fsnotifyrecalcmask, which may return an inode pointer that needs to be released via fsnotifydropobject when the...

CVE-2026-52990

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fsnotify: fix inode reference leak in fsnotifyrecalcmask fsnotifyrecalcmask fails to handle the return value of fsnotifyrecalcmask, which may return an inode pointer that needs to be released via fsnotifydropobject when the...

CVE-2026-52990

CVE-2026-52990 involves the Linux kernel fsnotify subsystem. The bug stems from fsnotify_recalc_mask() returning an inode pointer without releasing it when the connector’s HAS_IREF flag transitions from true to false, leaving an iref leak that can cause a hung task (example trace includes unmount...

PT-2026-51884

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description An inode reference leak exists in the fsnotify subsystem. The function fsnotify recalc mask fails to handle the return value of fsnotify recalc mask, which may return an inode pointer th...