CVE-2025-68788
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fsnotify: do not generate ACCESS/MODIFY events on child for special files inotify/fanotify do not allow users with no read access to a file to subscribe to events (e.g. IN_ACCESS/IN_MODIFY), but they do allow the same user to subscribe for watching events on children when the user has access to the parent directory (e.g. /dev). Users with no read access to a file but with read access to its parent directory can still stat the file and see if it was accessed/modified via atime/mtime change. The same is not true for special files (e.g. /dev/null). Users will not generally observe atime/mtime changes when other users read/write to special files, only when someone sets atime/mtime via utimensat(). Align fsnotify events with this stat behavior and do not generate ACCESS/MODIFY events to parent watchers on read/write of special files. The events are still generated to parent watchers on utimensat(). This closes some side-channels that could be possibly used for information exfiltration [1]. [1] https://snee.la/pdf/pubs/file-notification-attacks.pdf
Severity
Not scored
CVSS score
Not available
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-01-13 16:15:58.623000
Last modified
2026-10-19 19:17:05.063000
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfsnotify: do not generate ACCESS/MODIFY events on child for special files\n\ninotify/fanotify do not allow users with no read access to a file to\nsubscribe to events (e.g. IN_ACCESS/IN_MODIFY), but they do allow the\nsame user to subscribe for watching events on children when the user\nhas access to the parent directory (e.g. /dev).\n\nUsers with no read access to a file but with read access to its parent\ndirectory can still stat the file and see if it was accessed/modified\nvia atime/mtime change.\n\nThe same is not true for special files (e.g. /dev/null). Users will not\ngenerally observe atime/mtime changes when other users read/write to\nspecial files, only when someone sets atime/mtime via utimensat().\n\nAlign fsnotify events with this stat behavior and do not generate\nACCESS/MODIFY events to parent watchers on read/write of special files.\nThe events are still generated to parent watchers on utimensat(). This\ncloses some side-channels that could be possibly used for information\nexfiltration [1].\n\n[1] https://snee.la/pdf/pubs/file-notification-attacks.pdf"
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"value": "En el kernel de Linux, la siguiente vulnerabilidad ha sido resuelta:\n\nfsnotify: no generar eventos ACCESS/MODIFY en el hijo para archivos especiales\n\ninotify/fanotify no permiten a los usuarios sin acceso de lectura a un archivo suscribirse a eventos (p. ej., IN_ACCESS/IN_MODIFY), pero sí permiten al mismo usuario suscribirse para observar eventos en los hijos cuando el usuario tiene acceso al directorio padre (p. ej., /dev).\n\nLos usuarios sin acceso de lectura a un archivo pero con acceso de lectura a su directorio padre aún pueden hacer stat al archivo y ver si fue accedido/modificado a través de un cambio en atime/mtime.\n\nLo mismo no es cierto para archivos especiales (p. ej., /dev/null). Los usuarios generalmente no observarán cambios en atime/mtime cuando otros usuarios leen/escriben en archivos especiales, solo cuando alguien establece atime/mtime a través de utimensat().\n\nAlinear los eventos de fsnotify con este comportamiento de stat y no generar eventos ACCESS/MODIFY a los observadores padre en la lectura/escritura de archivos especiales. Los eventos aún se generan a los observadores padre en utimensat(). Esto cierra algunos canales laterales que podrían ser posiblemente utilizados para la exfiltración de información [1].\n\n[1] https://snee.la/pdf/pubs/file-notification-attacks.pdf"
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