FKIE_CVE-2015-8952
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-10-16 21:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:35
Severity
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | * |
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