{
  "threat_severity" : "Low",
  "public_date" : "2025-12-24T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "kernel: inotify: Avoid reporting event with invalid wd",
    "id" : "2425110",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2425110"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "3.3",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-367",
  "details" : [ "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\ninotify: Avoid reporting event with invalid wd\nWhen inotify_freeing_mark() races with inotify_handle_inode_event() it\ncan happen that inotify_handle_inode_event() sees that i_mark->wd got\nalready reset to -1 and reports this value to userspace which can\nconfuse the inotify listener. Avoid the problem by validating that wd is\nsensible (and pretend the mark got removed before the event got\ngenerated otherwise).", "A race condition was found in the Linux kernel's inotify subsystem. When inotify_freeing_mark() races with inotify_handle_inode_event(), the event handler may read i_mark->wd after it has been reset to -1. This causes an invalid watch descriptor value of -1 to be reported to userspace applications, potentially confusing inotify listeners." ],
  "statement" : "This flaw results in incorrect data being delivered to userspace applications via the inotify interface. While applications may become confused by receiving an invalid watch descriptor, this does not cause a kernel crash or memory corruption. The impact is limited to potential misbehavior in userspace file monitoring applications.",
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "release_date" : "2025-11-11T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2025:20518",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "release_date" : "2025-11-11T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2025:20518",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-54119\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-54119\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025122416-CVE-2023-54119-fbd4@gregkh/T" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2023-54119",
  "csaw" : false
}