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DEBIAN-CVE-2024-47660

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-47660 PUBLISHED CVSS 4.699999809265137 MEDIUM

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

CVSS 3.1
4.699999809265137
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:12linux6.1.98-1, 6.1.99-1, 6.1.38-2
Debian:11linux6.12.27-1, 6.17.7-2, 6.17.9-1
Debian:14linux0, 0
Debian:13linux0, 0
Debian:11linux-6.10, 6.1.106-3~deb11u1, 6.1.106-3~deb11u2

Timeline

  • Oct 9, 2024 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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