# CVE-2026-80529: xfs: don't swallow dquot recovery verification errors

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.1.184, 6.6.153
- Published: 2026-08-26 · Updated: 2026-08-26

## Affected

- Linux: from 6.1.128, fixed in 6.1.184; from 6.6.17, fixed in 6.6.153
- Linux: 6.7

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: don't swallow dquot recovery verification errors xlog_recover_dquot_commit_pass2() validates the recovered dquot with xfs_dqblk_verify() and, on failure, sets error = -EFSCORRUPTED and jumps to out_release. But out_release unconditionally returns 0, so the corruption error is discarded: the caller xlog_recover_items_pass2() sees success, log recovery proceeds as if the dquot were valid, and the corrupt quota buffer can be written back to disk.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.1.184, 6.6.153) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e506e127fcb4e2bad1045805f1740b395eea9618
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b756fbb60b5d26063f46a11a3c7daa7eb616d79
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a233b3362a3c7bf23f5143b4ef4b17ec337fcb4d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38a4dbe588bd028a07a77dc5cee62ee3ce21e87d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36a31b12540c0a0a3b77a01fda86de646f2961fb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2b4a856085e9bd939bde2dee0d08b1d41babde9

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