{
  "threat_severity" : "Low",
  "public_date" : "2016-08-22T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "kernel: mbcache code subject to softlockup DOS in cache management",
    "id" : "1360968",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1360968"
  },
  "cvss" : {
    "cvss_base_score" : "4.9",
    "cvss_scoring_vector" : "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C",
    "status" : "draft"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "5.5",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
    "status" : "draft"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-667",
  "details" : [ "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.", "A design flaw was found in the file extended attribute handling of the Linux kernel's handling of cached attributes.  Too many entries in the cache cause a soft lockup while attempting to iterate the cache and access relevant locks." ],
  "statement" : "This issue does not affect any shiping version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.",
  "acknowledgement" : "Red Hat would like to thank Laurent Guerby for reporting this issue.",
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5",
    "fix_state" : "Will not fix",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "realtime-kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_mrg:2"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8952\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8952" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2015-8952",
  "csaw" : false
}