Commit 6a32093
inotify: fix watch count leak when fsnotify_add_inode_mark_locked() fails
When fsnotify_add_inode_mark_locked() fails in inotify_new_watch(),
the error path calls inotify_remove_from_idr() but does not call
dec_inotify_watches() to undo the preceding inc_inotify_watches().
This leaks a watch count, and repeated failures can exhaust the
max_user_watches limit with -ENOSPC even when no watches are active.
Prior to commit 1cce1ee ("inotify: Convert to using per-namespace
limits"), the watch count was incremented after fsnotify_add_mark_locked()
succeeded, so this path was not affected. The conversion moved
inc_inotify_watches() before the mark insertion without adding the
corresponding rollback.
Add the missing dec_inotify_watches() call in the error path.
Fixes: 1cce1ee ("inotify: Convert to using per-namespace limits")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Chia-Ming Chang <chiamingc@synology.com>
Signed-off-by: robbieko <robbieko@synology.com>
Reviewed-by: Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@suse.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260224093442.3076294-1-chiamingc@synology.com
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>1 parent f4d0ec0 commit 6a32093
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