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fanotify: fix false positive on permission events

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fanotify: fix false positive on permission events fsnotify_get_mark_safe() may return false for a mark on an unrelated group, which results in bypassing the permission check. Fix by skipping over detached marks that are not in the current group.

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CVE-2026-46150

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Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-46150

Linux

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Linux

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Structured affected-version data

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CVE-2026-46150

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