CVE-2021-40490
HIGH 7.0EPSS 0.3%
A race condition was discovered in ext4_write_inline_data_end in fs/ext4/inline.c in the ext4 subsystem in the Linux kernel through 5.13.13.
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 7.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 4.4 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - EPSS
- 0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 22nd percentile
- Published
- 2021-09-03
- Updated
- 2024-08-04
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
- Nivaskumark/CVE-2021-40490_kernel_v4.19.720★ · 2022-01-11
Security advisories
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4.git/commit/?id=9e445093e523f32…
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00010.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00012.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/…
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211004-0001
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4978