{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-54119 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2023-54119 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 24 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-54119 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-54119 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 24 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-54119 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-54119/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-54119/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-54119","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-54119/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-54119","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2023-54119","DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54119","GHSA-wgxf-ch55-cw7h","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54119"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A race condition in the Linux kernel inotify subsystem allows local attackers to cause denial of service by confusing inotify listeners with invalid watch descriptors.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"race_condition"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ninotify: Avoid reporting event with invalid wd\n\nWhen inotify_freeing_mark() races with inotify_handle_inode_event() it\ncan happen that inotify_handle_inode_event() sees that i_mark-\u003ewd 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).","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"inotify: Avoid reporting event with invalid wd","id":"CVE-2023-54119","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"race_condition","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":7,"next":{"headline":"Bluetooth: Fix race condition in hidp_session_thread","id":"CVE-2023-54120"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"serial: sc16is7xx: setup GPIO controller later in probe","id":"CVE-2023-54118"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2025-12-24","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-05-11","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A race condition in the Linux kernel inotify subsystem allows local attackers to cause denial of service by confusing inotify listeners with invalid watch descriptors.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-54119/"}