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CVE-2015-8952
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-10-16T21:59:01.910 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:35:33.167

Summary

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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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