CVE-2026-97520 (GCVE-0-2026-97520)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-24 16:05 – Updated: 2026-09-25 05:10
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Title
gfs2: move quota_init qc iterator increment
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gfs2: move quota_init qc iterator increment Move qc++ from the loop body into the for-loop increment expression in gfs2_quota_init(). This keeps iterator progression explicit and avoids mixing pointer advance with duplicate-slot handling in the loop body.
Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 04ec2f3b29b3c8a59950b8816b5ebc8ba052808a (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 21a50a9373adab35ffadf5cf59272dc99078170e (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 942202677f8f2ee448a6a2feb06aeeaf520342e3 (git)
Affected: 0 , < 6.12.111 (semver)
Affected: 0 , < 6.18.53 (semver)
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Linux Linux Unaffected: 6.12.111 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.53 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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