CVE-2026-31556

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

xfs: scrub: unlock dquot before early return in quota scrub

xchk_quota_item can return early after calling xchk_fblock_process_error. When that helper returns false, the function returned immediately without dropping dq->q_qlock, which can leave the dquot lock held and risk lock leaks or deadlocks in later quota operations.

Fix this by unlocking dq->q_qlock before the early return.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinux7d1f0e167a067ed741dec08b7614d76893422b04 < e822f535273af0e8968eab7acc0cea0b90dd25afaffected
LinuxLinux7d1f0e167a067ed741dec08b7614d76893422b04 < 3b0c3414b308e6822cda90bf99f7eac94d4cca2baffected
LinuxLinux7d1f0e167a067ed741dec08b7614d76893422b04 < d128fc0c5c2b19224927d4fd2a46c2fe6a1f606faffected
LinuxLinux7d1f0e167a067ed741dec08b7614d76893422b04 < 268378b6ad20569af0d1957992de1c8b16c6e900affected
LinuxLinux6.8affected
LinuxLinux0 < 6.8unaffected
LinuxLinux6.12.80 <= 6.12.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.18.21 <= 6.18.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.19.11 <= 6.19.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.0 <= *unaffected

Weaknesses

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