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CVE-2015-8952
Published: Oct 16, 2016
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
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n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1360968
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USN-3582-1
vendor-advisory
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https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107301
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[oss-security] 20160825 Re: CVE request: Linux kernel mbcache lock contention denial of service.
mailing-list
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[oss-security] 20160822 CVE request: Linux kernel mbcache lock contention denial of service.
mailing-list
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https://lwn.net/Articles/668718/
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USN-3582-2
vendor-advisory
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