Unspecified impact via quota iterator handling
Published Sep 24, 2026 · Updated Sep 24, 2026
An iterator-handling flaw in Linux gfs2 before 6.12.111 and 6.18.53 allows attackers to cause an unspecified impact during quota initialization. The gfs2_quota_init() loop advances the quota-change pointer in its body while duplicate-slot processing and control flow occur in the same loop; the patch moves that advance into the loop expression. The public Linux record does not identify an exploitation path, required privileges, or a concrete security consequence.
Summary
What happened
An iterator-handling flaw in Linux gfs2 before 6.12.111 and 6.18.53 allows attackers to cause an unspecified impact during quota initialization. The gfs2_quota_init() loop advances the quota-change pointer in its body while duplicate-slot processing and control flow occur in the same loop; the patch moves that advance into the loop expression. The public Linux record does not identify an exploitation path, required privileges, or a concrete security consequence.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-97520
- Published
- Sep 24, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 24, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- Unavailable
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
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- Sep 24, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 24, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <6.12.111
- Affected versionversion=0 <6.18.53
- Affected versionversion=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <04ec2f3b29b3c8a59950b8816b5ebc8ba052808a
- Affected versionversion=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <21a50a9373adab35ffadf5cf59272dc99078170e
- Affected versionversion=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <942202677f8f2ee448a6a2feb06aeeaf520342e3
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