CVE-2023-54119

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Published 2025-11-11 · Modified 2025-11-11

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.5

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: inotify: Avoid reporting event with invalid wd When inotify_freeing_mark() races with inotify_handle_inode_event() it can happen that inotify_handle_inode_event() sees that i_mark->wd got already reset to -1 and reports this value to userspace which can confuse the inotify listener. Avoid the problem by validating that wd is sensible (and pretend the mark got removed before the event got generated otherwise).

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

Mitigation details

Source: Debian Security Tracker · View original ↗ · DFSG

CVE-2023-54119 NameCVE-2023-54119 DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: inotify: Avoid reporting event with invalid wd When inotify_freeing_mark() races with inotify_handle_inode_event() it can happen that inotify_handle_inode_event() sees that i_mark->wd got already reset to -1 and reports this value to userspace which can confuse the inotify listener.…

CVE-2023-54119

Name	CVE-2023-54119
Description	In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: inotify: Avoid reporting event with invalid wd When inotify_freeing_mark() races with inotify_handle_inode_event() it can happen that inotify_handle_inode_event() sees that i_mark->wd got already reset to -1 and reports this value to userspace which can confuse the inotify listener. Avoid the problem by validating that wd is sensible (and pretend the mark got removed before the event got generated otherwise).
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.223-1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	5.10.257-1	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.170-3	fixed
	bookworm (security)	6.1.172-1	fixed
	trixie	6.12.86-1	fixed
	trixie (security)	6.12.90-1	fixed
	forky	7.0.9-1	fixed
	sid	7.0.10-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version
linux	source	bullseye	5.10.191-1
linux	source	bookworm	6.1.37-1
linux	source	(unstable)	6.3.7-1

Notes

https://git.kernel.org/linus/c915d8f5918bea7c3962b09b8884ca128bfd9b0c (6.4-rc2)

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Apply commands

text fix

Notes

https://git.kernel.org/linus/c915d8f5918bea7c3962b09b8884ca128bfd9b0c (6.4-rc2)

OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`6.3.7-1`
sid	Fixed	`6.3.7-1`
forky	Fixed	`6.3.7-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`5.10.191-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`6.1.37-1`

Red Hat Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
9	Fixed	—

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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