CVE-2026-53050: quota: Fix race of dquot_scan_active() with quota deactivation
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Race condition in quota management.
- Who is affected
- Systems using quota management features.
- Urgency
- Remediation is medium priority due to moderate severity.
- Action
- Apply updates to fix the race condition in quota management.
AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.
Details
Original advisory: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-53050
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-530500.10% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 1% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-53050 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Same CVEs, other sources
How other CERTs, PSIRTs and databases cover the vulnerabilities in this advisory.
- unknownUSN-8668-1: Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilitiesubuntu
- unknownUSN-8665-1: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilitiesubuntu
- unknownUSN-8664-1: Linux kernel (NVIDIA BaseOS) vulnerabilitiesubuntu
- unknownUSN-8663-1: Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilitiesubuntu
- unknownUSN-8620-4: Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilitiesubuntu
- unknownUSN-8620-3: Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilitiesubuntu
- unknownUSN-8620-2: Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilitiesubuntu
- highUSN-8620-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilitiesubuntu
- highUSN-8619-1: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilitiesubuntu
- highUSN-8595-3: Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilitiesubuntu
- highUSN-8574-3: Linux kernel vulnerabilitiesubuntu
- highUSN-8618-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilitiesubuntu
Recent advisories for quota
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- unknownCVE-2026-74645: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/lru_sort: error o…nvd · 2026-08-22
- unknownCVE-2026-74643: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: samples/damon/mtier: error…nvd · 2026-08-22
- unknownCVE-2026-67358: Joomla Extension - j2commerce.com - Download quota manipulation in J2Store 1.0.0-3.3.20, 4.0.0…nvd · 2026-08-21
- mediumGHSA-j6gc-4893-qwmp: New API: Redis user quota cache overwrite via PUT /api/user/self allows quota bypassghsa · 2026-08-17
- criticalGHSA-8r8v-xf7q-rcpr: New API: Integer overflow in quota billing yields negative charges (self-crediting)ghsa · 2026-08-17
- mediumCVE-2026-73216: Coturn is a free open source implementation of TURN and STUN Server. Prior to 4.17.0, shutdown…nvd · 2026-08-11
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