cve/2015/CVE-2015-8952.md

### [CVE-2015-8952](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8952)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3582-1/

#### Github
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