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
Configurations
History
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References | () http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=82939d7999dfc1f1998c4b1c12e2f19edbdff272 - Patch | |
References | () http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=be0726d33cb8f411945884664924bed3cb8c70ee - Patch | |
References | () http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f9a61eb4e2471c56a63cd804c7474128138c38ac - Patch | |
References | () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/22/2 - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/25/4 - Patch, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107301 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1360968 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
References | () https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/82939d7999dfc1f1998c4b1c12e2f19edbdff272 - Vendor Advisory | |
References | () https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/be0726d33cb8f411945884664924bed3cb8c70ee - Issue Tracking, Patch | |
References | () https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f9a61eb4e2471c56a63cd804c7474128138c38ac - Issue Tracking | |
References | () https://lwn.net/Articles/668718/ - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3582-1/ - | |
References | () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3582-2/ - |
Information
Published : 2016-10-16 21:59
Updated : 2024-11-21 02:39
NVD link : CVE-2015-8952
Mitre link : CVE-2015-8952
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-8952
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-19
Data Processing Errors