CVE-2026-98444xfs: drop dquot flush lock when we can't find a buffer to flush
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: drop dquot flush lock when we can't find a buffer to flush LOLLM noticed that xfs_qm_flush_one fails to drop the dquot flush lock if it can't grab the buffer associated with the dquot. Since there's no buffer, nobody else is going to drop the dqflock, so we need to do it ourselves.
- CVSS
- Not yet scored
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Linux
- NVD analysis
- Received
- Record last updated
- Oct 18, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 18, 2026
Affected products
Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name) | from ca378189fdfa890a4f0622f85ee41b710bbac271 before 41bc624377f08125eae164c62ce043791ade93b7; from ca378189fdfa890a4f0622f85ee41b710bbac271 before ffb48dccce1960a9ea24463a2f3c21d124d6b672; d331fc154564548b605cde8427442b54c87d7fd3; from 6.12.14 before 6.13 | CNA record |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41bc624377f08125eae164c62ce043791ade93b7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffb48dccce1960a9ea24463a2f3c21d124d6b672
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