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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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2016-10-16T21:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T08:36:30.872Z
Reserved: 2016-08-25T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2015-8952
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2016-10-16T21:59:01.910
Modified: 2024-11-21T02:39:31.643
Link: CVE-2015-8952
Redhat