DEBIAN-CVE-2026-99131: Debian/linux vulnerability

Published Oct 28, 2026
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Updated

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: fix capability check in xfs An user reported a bug where he managed to evade group's quota by changing a file's gid to a different group id the same user belonged to, even though quotas were enforced on both gids and the file's size was big enough to exceed the quota's hardlimit. Commit eba0549bc7d1 replaced a capable() call by a hascapabilitynoaudit() to prevent unnecessary selinux audit messages. Turns out that both calls have slightly different semantics even though their documentation seems similar. Where in a nutshell: capable() - Tests the task's effective credentials hasnscapabilitynoaudit() - Tests the task's real credentials This most of the time has no practical difference but in some cases like changing attrs (specifically group id in this case) through a NFS client this will allow the quota code to use XFSQMOPTFORCERES, effectively bypassing quota accounting checks. Using instead nscapablenoaudit() should fix this issue and prevent selinux audit messages. This also fix the remaining calls to hascapabilitynoaudit()

Affected Software

3 affected components
debian/linux*
debian/linux*
debian/linux*

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade Linux kernel (XFS) to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch eba0549bc7d

Event History

Oct 28, 2026
CVE Published
via OSV·11:17 AM
Data Sourced
via OSV·11:17 AM
DescriptionAffected Software

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