CVE-2015-8952

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 37.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-10-16 21:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 08:36Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-08-25

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-19
• CWE-667Improper LockingClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

7ef972c928844d2c425ccbbbc62123789bd41d44f5ca8d28d5cfea65ce14ef13

• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1360968x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f9a61eb4e2471c56a63cd804c7474128138c38acx_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/82939d7999dfc1f1998c4b1c12e2f19edbdff272x_refsource_CONFIRM
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3582-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3582-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• bugzilla.kernel.orghttps://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107301x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160825 Re: CVE request: Linux kernel mbcache lock contention denial of service.http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/25/4mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=82939d7999dfc1f1998c4b1c12e2f19edbdff272x_refsource_CONFIRM
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=be0726d33cb8f411945884664924bed3cb8c70eex_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160822 CVE request: Linux kernel mbcache lock contention denial of service.http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/22/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/be0726d33cb8f411945884664924bed3cb8c70eex_refsource_CONFIRM
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f9a61eb4e2471c56a63cd804c7474128138c38acx_refsource_CONFIRM
• lwn.nethttps://lwn.net/Articles/668718/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3582-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/3582-2/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU