CVE-2015-8952
Publication date 16 October 2016
Last updated 4 October 2024
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
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.
From the Ubuntu Security Team
Laurent Guerby discovered that the mbcache feature in the ext2 and ext4 filesystems in the Linux kernel improperly handled xattr block caching. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service.
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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linux | 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
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22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
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|
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 4.4.0-116.140
|
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14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored ESM criteria, was needed | |
linux-armadaxp | ||
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-aws | 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 4.4.0-1052.61
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty |
Fixed 4.4.0-1014.14
|
|
linux-aws-5.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-aws-5.4 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-aws-fips | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-aws-hwe | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-azure | 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty |
Not affected
|
|
linux-azure-4.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-azure-5.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-azure-5.4 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-azure-edge | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-azure-fde | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal | Ignored superseded by linux-azure-fde-5.15 | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-azure-fde-5.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-azure-fips | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-bluefield | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-euclid | ||
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support, was needed | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-fips | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-flo | ||
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-gcp | 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-gcp-4.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-gcp-5.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-gcp-5.4 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-gcp-edge | ||
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-gcp-fips | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-gke | 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of kernel support | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support, was needed | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-gkeop | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-gkeop-5.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-goldfish | ||
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-grouper | ||
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-hwe | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-hwe-5.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-hwe-5.4 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-hwe-6.8 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-hwe-edge | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-ibm | 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-ibm-5.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-ibm-5.4 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-intel | 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-intel-iot-realtime | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-intel-iotg | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-intel-iotg-5.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-iot | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-kvm | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 4.4.0-1019.24
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-linaro-omap | ||
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-linaro-shared | ||
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-linaro-vexpress | ||
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-lowlatency | 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-lts-quantal | ||
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-lts-raring | ||
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-lts-saucy | ||
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-lts-trusty | ||
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-lts-utopic | ||
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of life, was ignored | |
linux-lts-vivid | ||
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of life, was needed | |
linux-lts-wily | ||
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of life, was ignored | |
linux-lts-xenial | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty |
Fixed 4.4.0-116.140~14.04.1
|
|
linux-maguro | ||
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-mako | ||
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-manta | ||
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-nvidia | 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-nvidia-6.5 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-nvidia-6.8 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-nvidia-lowlatency | 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-oem | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-oem-6.8 | 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-oracle | 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-oracle-5.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-oracle-5.4 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-qcm-msm | ||
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-raspi | 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-raspi-5.4 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-raspi-realtime | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-raspi2 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Ignored replaced by linux-raspi | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 4.4.0-1085.93
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-realtime | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored superseded by Ubuntu Pro ppa version | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-riscv | 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored end of kernel support | |
20.04 LTS focal | Ignored superseded by linux-riscv-5.8 | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-riscv-5.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-riscv-6.8 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-snapdragon | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed 4.15.0-1053.57
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 4.4.0-1087.92
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-ti-omap4 | ||
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-xilinx-zynqmp | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
Patch details
Package | Patch details |
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linux |
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 5.5 · Medium |
Attack vector | Local |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | Low |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-3582-2
- Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
- 22 February 2018
- USN-3582-1
- Linux kernel vulnerabilities
- 22 February 2018