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    "id": "CVE-2026-52990",
    "sourceURL": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-52990",
    "idYear": 2026,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "publishedAt": "2026-06-24T16:29:04.148Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-10-21T12:41:44.134Z",
    "importedAt": "2026-10-24T01:58:14.884Z",
    "snapshot": {
      "id": "cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline",
      "at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"
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    "facts": {
      "title": "fsnotify: fix inode reference leak in fsnotify_recalc_mask()",
      "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfsnotify: fix inode reference leak in fsnotify_recalc_mask()\n\nfsnotify_recalc_mask() fails to handle the return value of\n__fsnotify_recalc_mask(), which may return an inode pointer that needs\nto be released via fsnotify_drop_object() when the connector's HAS_IREF\nflag transitions from set to cleared.\n\nThis manifests as a hung task with the following call trace:\n\n  INFO: task umount:1234 blocked for more than 120 seconds.\n  Call Trace:\n   __schedule\n   schedule\n   fsnotify_sb_delete\n   generic_shutdown_super\n   kill_anon_super\n   cleanup_mnt\n   task_work_run\n   do_exit\n   do_group_exit\n\nThe race window that triggers the iref leak:\n\n  Thread A (adding mark)              Thread B (removing mark)\n  ──────────────────────              ────────────────────────\n  fsnotify_add_mark_locked():\n    fsnotify_add_mark_list():\n      spin_lock(conn->lock)\n      add mark_B(evictable) to list\n      spin_unlock(conn->lock)\n    return\n\n    /* ---- gap: no lock held ---- */\n\n                                      fsnotify_detach_mark(mark_A):\n                                        spin_lock(mark_A->lock)\n                                        clear ATTACHED flag on mark_A\n                                        spin_unlock(mark_A->lock)\n                                        fsnotify_put_mark(mark_A)\n\n    fsnotify_recalc_mask():\n      spin_lock(conn->lock)\n      __fsnotify_recalc_mask():\n        /* mark_A skipped: ATTACHED cleared */\n        /* only mark_B(evictable) remains */\n        want_iref = false\n        has_iref = true  /* not yet cleared */\n        -> HAS_IREF transitions true -> false\n        -> returns inode pointer\n      spin_unlock(conn->lock)\n      /* BUG: return value discarded!\n       * iput() and fsnotify_put_sb_watched_objects()\n       * are never called */\n\nFix this by deferring the transition true -> false of HAS_IREF flag from\nfsnotify_recalc_mask() (Thread A) to fsnotify_put_mark() (thread B).",
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