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medium 5.5

CVE-2026-31556 json

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

published 2026-04-24 6 mo ago modified 2026-11-05 3 d ago also EUVD-2026-25449

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.1%
EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 1%
public exploits
0
none known

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.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 6.12.80, 6.18.21, 6.19.11, 7.0
  • linux Debian 13 6.12.85-1
  • linux Debian 14 6.19.11-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-31556

  • linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-136.136
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1061.64
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1064.72
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1059.67
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1061.62
  • linux-azure Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1063.71
  • linux-gkeop Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1046.50
  • linux-raspi Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1061.65

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31556

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-rt Linux Micro 6.2 6.12.0-160000.35.1
  • kernel-64kb SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 6.12.0-160000.35.1
  • kernel-source SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 6.12.0-160000.35.1
  • kernel-default SLES 16.0, SLE High Availability Extension 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2 +1 more 6.12.0-160000.35.1
  • kernel-default-base SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 6.12.0-160000.35.1.160000.2.16
  • kernel-syms SLES 16.0, Linux Micro Extras 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 6.12.0-160000.35.1
  • kernel-azure SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 6.12.0-160000.35.1
  • kernel-obs-qa SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 6.12.0-160000.35.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:22112-1SUSE-SU-2026:22127-1SUSE-SU-2026:22117-1SUSE-SU-2026:22099-1

  • kernel-rt openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.35.1
  • dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.35.1
  • kernel-64kb openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.35.1
  • kernel-syms openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.35.1
  • kernel-azure openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.35.1
  • kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.35.1
  • kernel-source openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.35.1
  • kernel-default openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.35.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:20965-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-31556 updated cvss 5.5

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

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
3 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

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References

Sources

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