VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2015-8952
CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.45%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-10-16
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
The mbcache feature in the ext2 and ext4 filesystem implementations in the Linux kernel before 4.6 mishandles xattr block caching, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (soft lockup) via filesystem operations in environments that use many attributes, as demonstrated by Ceph and Samba.
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Patch
- cve@mitre.org — Patch
- cve@mitre.org — Patch
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking, Patch
- cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org