CVE 7.1 HIGH

fanotify: fix false positive on permission events_CVE-2026-46150

7.1 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fanotify: fix false positive on permission events

fsnotify_get_mark_safe() may return false for a mark on an unrelated group,
which results in bypassing the permission check.

Fix by skipping over detached marks that are not in the current group.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-46150
Source Linux
Published May 28, 2026 at 09:36
Modified May 30, 2026 at 10:48

Affected Product

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Version abc77577a669f424c5d0c185b9994f2621c52aa4
Affected Versions Linux Linux abc77577a669f424c5d0c185b9994f2621c52aa4
Linux Linux abc77577a669f424c5d0c185b9994f2621c52aa4
Linux Linux abc77577a669f424c5d0c185b9994f2621c52aa4
Linux Linux abc77577a669f424c5d0c185b9994f2621c52aa4
Linux Linux abc77577a669f424c5d0c185b9994f2621c52aa4
Linux Linux 4.12

References

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