DEBIAN-CVE-2024-47660
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fsnotify: clear PARENT_WATCHED flags lazily In some setups directories can have many (usually negative) dentries. Hence __fsnotify_update_child_dentry_flags() function can take a significant amount of time. Since the bulk of this function happens under inode->i_lock this causes a significant contention on the lock when we remove the watch from the directory as the __fsnotify_update_child_dentry_flags() call from fsnotify_recalc_mask() races with __fsnotify_update_child_dentry_flags() calls from __fsnotify_parent() happening on children. This can lead upto softlockup reports reported by users. Fix the problem by calling fsnotify_update_children_dentry_flags() to set PARENT_WATCHED flags only when parent starts watching children. When parent stops watching children, clear false positive PARENT_WATCHED flags lazily in __fsnotify_parent() for each accessed child.
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | 6.1.98-1, 6.1.99-1, 6.1.38-2 |
| Debian:11 | linux | 6.12.27-1, 6.17.7-2, 6.17.9-1 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 0, 0 |
| Debian:13 | linux | 0, 0 |
| Debian:11 | linux-6.1 | 0, 6.1.106-3~deb11u1, 6.1.106-3~deb11u2 |
Timeline
- Oct 9, 2024 CVE Published
- Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated