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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-10-16T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:36:30.872Z

Reserved: 2016-08-25T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-8952

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-10-16T21:59:01.910

Modified: 2018-03-16T01:29:00.747

Link: CVE-2015-8952

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-08-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-8952 - Bugzilla