CVE-2021-40490

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-40490
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-09-03 01:15:07 UTC
Updated2026-08-13 19:32:28 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-362 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary4.4AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Application Netapp Solidfire Baseboard Management Controller - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2021-40490 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: kernel-5.13.15-100.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4978-1 linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2785-1] linux-4.19 security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/tytso/ext4.git - Ext4 filesystem tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2843-1] linux security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: kernel-5.13.15-200.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Broken Link
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: kernel-5.13.15-200.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: kernel-5.13.15-100.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159402 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2021-9458)
  • 159403 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2021-9459)
  • 159404 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2021-9460)
  • 159421 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2021-9474)
  • 159422 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2021-9475)
  • 159424 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2021-9485)
  • 159427 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2021-9488)
  • 178809 Debian Security Update for linux (DSA 4978-1)
  • 178844 Debian Security Update for linux-4.19 (DLA 2785-1)
  • 178943 Debian Security Update for linux (DLA 2843-1)
  • 180381 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2021-40490)
  • 198524 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM) Vulnerabilities (USN-5096-1)
  • 198540 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5113-1)
  • 198541 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5114-1)
  • 198542 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM) Vulnerabilities (USN-5115-1)
  • 198544 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5116-1)
  • 198546 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5116-2)
  • 198548 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (Azure) Vulnerabilities (USN-5120-1)
  • 281901 Fedora Security Update for kernel (FEDORA-2021-60f1d2eba1)
  • 281902 Fedora Security Update for kernel (FEDORA-2021-4ca1b080bb)
  • 352811 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel-livepatch: ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2021-064
  • 352812 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel-livepatch: ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2021-063
  • 352813 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel-livepatch: ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2021-062
  • 352814 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel-livepatch: ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2021-061
  • 352815 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel-livepatch: ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2021-060
  • 352839 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel: ALAS2-2021-1704
  • 352855 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel: ALAS2-2021-1712
  • 352871 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS-2021-1539
  • 353144 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-007
  • 353155 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2022-005
  • 353242 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAC2012-2022-036
  • 353243 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kmod-mlx5 : ALAC2012-2022-037
  • 353244 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kmod-sfc : ALAC2012-2022-038
  • 377652 F5 BIG-IP Linux kernel vulnerability cve-2021-40490 (K04712583)
  • 390248 Oracle Managed Virtualization (VM) Server for x86 Security Update for kernel (OVMSA-2021-0035)
  • 610389 Google Pixel Android January 2022 Security Patch Missing
  • 6140191 AWS Bottlerocket Security Update for kernel (GHSA-ff7c-gq5h-m6rj)
  • 671159 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2805)
  • 671165 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2912)
  • 671180 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2919)
  • 671181 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2934)
  • 671252 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-1171)
  • 751214 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:3389-1)
  • 751215 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:3386-1)
  • 751217 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:3387-1)
  • 751223 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:3338-1)
  • 751234 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:1357-1)
  • 751235 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:3447-1)
  • 751245 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:1365-1)
  • 751437 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:3876-1)
  • 751441 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:3876-1)
  • 751451 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:3935-1)
  • 751473 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:3969-1)
  • 751476 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:3972-1)
  • 900326 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.60.1
  • 901549 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (6595-1)
  • 903214 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (5448)
  • 905862 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (5448-1)

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