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Status published
Medium
CVE-2015-8952
The mbcache feature in the ext2 and ext4 filesystem implementations...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1360968
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f9a61eb4e2471c56a63cd804c7474128138c38ac
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/82939d7999dfc1f1998c4b1c12e2f19edbdff272
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3582-1/
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107301
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/25/4
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=82939d7999dfc1f1998c4b1c12e2f19edbdff272
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=be0726d33cb8f411945884664924bed3cb8c70ee
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/22/2
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/be0726d33cb8f411945884664924bed3cb8c70ee
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f9a61eb4e2471c56a63cd804c7474128138c38ac
- https://lwn.net/Articles/668718/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3582-2/
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Vulnerable Versions:
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Timeline
Official Publish:
October 16th, 2016
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.