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Tracker / CVE-2026-53050

CVE-2026-53050

High 7.8

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: quota: Fix race of dquot_scan_active() with quota deactivation dquot_scan_active() can race with quota deactivation in quota_release_workfn() like: CPU0 (quota_release_workfn) CPU1 (dquot_scan_active) ============================== ============================== spin_lock(&dq_list_lock); list_replace_init( &releasing_dquots, &rls_head); /* dquot X on rls_head, dq_count == 0, DQ_ACTIVE_B still set */ spin_unlock(&dq_list_lock); synchronize_srcu(&dquot_srcu); spin_lock(&dq_list_lock); list_for_each_entry(dquot, &inuse_list, dq_inuse) { /* finds dquot X */ dquot_active(X) -> true atomic_inc(&X->dq_count); } spin_unlock(&dq_list_lock); spin_lock(&dq_list_lock); dquot = list_first_entry(&rls_head); WARN_ON_ONCE(atomic_read(&dquot->dq_count)); The problem is not only a cosmetic one as under memory pressure the caller of dquot_scan_active() can end up working on freed dquot. Fix the problem by making sure the dquot is removed from releasing list when we acquire a reference to it.

Affected products and versions

linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel · 4.19.297 → 4.20
linux linux_kernel · 5.10.199 → 5.10.258
linux linux_kernel · 5.15.136 → 5.15.209
linux linux_kernel · 5.4.259 → 5.5
linux linux_kernel · 6.1.59 → 6.1.175
linux linux_kernel · 6.13 → 6.18.33
linux linux_kernel · 6.19 → 7.0.10
linux linux_kernel · 6.5.8 → 6.6
linux linux_kernel · 6.6.1 → 6.6.141
linux linux_kernel · 6.7 → 6.12.91

Analysis

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