# CVE-2024-56780: quota: flush quota_release_work upon quota writeback

> A race condition in the Linux kernel quota subsystem can trigger a warning and potential instability during filesystem freeze operations.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 8 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-55322, AZL-55328, BELL-CVE-2024-56780, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56780, GHSA-95w3-8433-6jf6, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56780

## What is CVE-2024-56780?

CVE-2024-56780 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 8 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

quota: flush quota_release_work upon quota writeback

One of the paths quota writeback is called from is:

freeze_super()
  sync_filesystem()
    ext4_sync_fs()
      dquot_writeback_dquots()

Since we currently don't always flush the quota_release_work queue in
this path, we can end up with the following race:

 1. dquot are added to releasing_dquots list during regular operations.
 2. FS Freeze starts, however, this does not flush the quota_release_work queue.
 3. Freeze completes.
 4. Kernel eventually tries to flush the workqueue while FS is frozen which
    hits a WARN_ON since transaction gets started during frozen state:

  ext4_journal_check_start+0x28/0x110 [ext4] (unreliable)
  __ext4_journal_start_sb+0x64/0x1c0 [ext4]
  ext4_release_dquot+0x90/0x1d0 [ext4]
  quota_release_workfn+0x43c/0x4d0

Which is the following line:

  WARN_ON(sb->s_writers.frozen == SB_FREEZE_COMPLETE);

Which ultimately results in generic/390 failing due to dmesg
noise. This was detected on powerpc machine 15 cores.

To avoid this, make sure to flush the workqueue during
dquot_writeback_dquots() so we dont have any pending workitems after
freeze.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-56780?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-56780?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-56780 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-56780 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
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- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-56780 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-56780 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 8 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-56780 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56780/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56780/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56780
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56780
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-56780

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56780/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.