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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) 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"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-52990" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-52990.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-52990" 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-\u003elock)\n add mark_B(evictable) to list\n spin_unlock(conn-\u003elock)\n return\n\n /* ---- gap: no lock held ---- */\n\n fsnotify_detach_mark(mark_A):\n spin_lock(mark_A-\u003elock)\n clear ATTACHED flag on mark_A\n spin_unlock(mark_A-\u003elock)\n fsnotify_put_mark(mark_A)\n\n fsnotify_recalc_mask():\n spin_lock(conn-\u003elock)\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 -\u003e HAS_IREF transitions true -\u003e false\n -\u003e returns inode pointer\n spin_unlock(conn-\u003elock)\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 -\u003e false of HAS_IREF flag from\nfsnotify_recalc_mask() (Thread A) to fsnotify_put_mark() (thread B)." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"c3638b5b13740fa31762d414bbce8b7a694e582a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"926ec3937b28d30c08427053c8d8af7f9e086d82"},{"version":"c3638b5b13740fa31762d414bbce8b7a694e582a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"8c8afa6444e6bdc145d2bf2f3aeeca6da3e36b42"},{"version":"c3638b5b13740fa31762d414bbce8b7a694e582a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b740cc86816bbc87902ae9db74cd21abde3c8d63"},{"version":"c3638b5b13740fa31762d414bbce8b7a694e582a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"5c80289503da3658e3df80280598c68d181eadbd"},{"version":"c3638b5b13740fa31762d414bbce8b7a694e582a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4aca914ac152f5d055ddcb36704d1e539ac08977"},{"version":"ff34ebaa6f6dc1eebce6a8d6f12a1566f33d00fe","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"4f145b67c075324b13d6ae7d5abb6e7a1dbac26d","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"5.10.220","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.11"},{"version":"5.15.154","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.16"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.19","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.19"},{"version":"6.6.160","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.91","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.33","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.0.10","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.0.*"},{"version":"7.1","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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