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CVE-2023-54119: inotify: Avoid reporting event with invalid wd

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AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54119DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54119
Published 24-12-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-54119 is a vulnerability in linux with no CVSS score yet. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 0, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
0.0/10
010
Unknown · v4.0 (OSV · Ubuntu), selected by version preference
EPSS score
0.21%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 5
RHSA-2025:20518SUSE-SU-2026:0263-1SUSE-SU-2026:0316-1SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1SUSE-SU-2026:0411-1SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1

Timeline

  1. 24-12-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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).

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

12%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.21% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu124 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-162.179 | < 5.15.0-83.92
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1109.118 | < 5.15.0-1044.49
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.37-1 | < 6.3.7-1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ 7e790dd5fc937bc8d2400c30a05e32a9e9eef276, < 8fb33166aed888769ea63d6af49515893f8a1f14 | ≥ 7e790dd5fc937bc8d2400c30a05e32a9e9eef276, < 2d65c97777e5b4a845637800d5d7b648f5772106 | ≥ 7e790dd5fc937bc8d2400c30a05e32a9e9eef276, < 17ad86d8c12220de97e80d88b5b4c934a40e1812 | ≥ 7e790dd5fc937bc8d2400c30a05e32a9e9eef276, < 145f54ea336b06cf4f92eeee996f2ffca939ea43 | ≥ 7e790dd5fc937bc8d2400c30a05e32a9e9eef276, < fb3294998489d39835006240e9c6e6b2ac62022e | ≥ 7e790dd5fc937bc8d2400c30a05e32a9e9eef276, < a48bacee05860c6089c3482bcdc80720b0ee5732 | ≥ 7e790dd5fc937bc8d2400c30a05e32a9e9eef276, < c915d8f5918bea7c3962b09b8884ca128bfd9b0c | 2.6.31

3 vendors · 126 products

References

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