CVE-2015-8952 in Kernelinfo

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.

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Reservation

08/25/2016

Disclosure

10/16/2016

Entries

1: VDB-92725

CPE

ready

CVSS

5.5

EPSS

0.00077

Activities

Very Low

Sources

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