CVE-2021-40490
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.
02 Description
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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- 0.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 23.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-13.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-09-03 00:50Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 02:44Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-09-03
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b395b007a44ca5fac097f9c07a6b264bdf404b7e35ea4ae62f89e5b758b21b48
05 Affected products
06 References
- git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4.git/commit/?id=9e445093e523f3277081314c864f708fd4bd34aa
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-4ca1b080bbhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XJGX3DMJT6MRBW2XEF3TWVHYWZW3DG3N/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-60f1d2eba1https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M6VS2DLGT7TK7URKAS2KWJL3S533SGVA/
- www.debian.orgDSA-4978https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4978
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211004-0001/
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20211015 [SECURITY] [DLA 2785-1] linux-4.19 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00010.html
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20211216 [SECURITY] [DLA 2843-1] linux security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00012.html
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- linux Fixed in 5.14.2.arch1-2
- linux-hardened Fixed in 5.13.15.hardened1-1
- linux-lts Fixed in 5.10.63-1
- linux-zen Fixed in 5.14.2.zen1-2
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 5.14.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 5.14.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 5.14.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- linux-hwe-edge No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 4.15.0-161.169
- linux-aws Fixed in 4.15.0-1114.121
- linux-aws-5.0 No fix yet
- linux-aws-5.3 No fix yet
- linux-aws-5.4 Fixed in 5.4.0-1058.61~18.04.3
- linux-azure No fix yet
- linux-azure-4.15 Fixed in 4.15.0-1125.138
- linux-azure-5.3 No fix yet
- linux-azure-5.4 Fixed in 5.4.0-1062.65~18.04.1
- linux-azure-edge No fix yet
- linux-dell300x Fixed in 4.15.0-1029.34
- linux-gcp No fix yet
- linux-gcp-4.15 Fixed in 4.15.0-1110.124
- linux-gcp-5.3 No fix yet
- linux-gcp-5.4 Fixed in 5.4.0-1056.60~18.04.1
- linux-gcp-edge No fix yet
- linux-gke-4.15 No fix yet
- linux-gke-5.4 Fixed in 5.4.0-1054.57~18.04.1
- linux-gkeop-5.4 Fixed in 5.4.0-1025.26~18.04.1
- linux-hwe No fix yet
- linux-hwe-5.4 Fixed in 5.4.0-89.100~18.04.1
- linux-hwe-edge No fix yet
- linux-kvm Fixed in 4.15.0-1101.103
- linux-oem No fix yet
- linux-oracle Fixed in 4.15.0-1082.90
- linux-oracle-5.0 No fix yet
- linux-oracle-5.3 No fix yet
- linux-oracle-5.4 Fixed in 5.4.0-1056.60~18.04.1
- linux-raspi-5.4 Fixed in 5.4.0-1045.49~18.04.1
- linux-raspi2 Fixed in 4.15.0-1097.103
- linux-snapdragon Fixed in 4.15.0-1114.123
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 5.4.0-89.100
- linux-aws Fixed in 5.4.0-1058.61
- linux-aws-5.11 Fixed in 5.11.0-1020.21~20.04.2
- linux-aws-5.8 No fix yet
- linux-azure Fixed in 5.4.0-1062.65
- linux-azure-5.11 Fixed in 5.11.0-1020.21~20.04.1
- linux-azure-5.8 Fixed in 5.8.0-1043.46~20.04.1
- linux-bluefield Fixed in 5.4.0-1020.23
- linux-gcp Fixed in 5.4.0-1056.60
- linux-gcp-5.11 Fixed in 5.11.0-1021.23~20.04.1
- linux-gcp-5.8 No fix yet
- linux-gke Fixed in 5.4.0-1054.57
- linux-gkeop Fixed in 5.4.0-1025.26
- linux-hwe-5.11 Fixed in 5.11.0-38.42~20.04.1
- linux-hwe-5.8 No fix yet
- linux-ibm Fixed in 5.4.0-1006.7
- linux-intel-5.13 No fix yet
- linux-kvm Fixed in 5.4.0-1048.50
- linux-oem-5.10 Fixed in 5.10.0-1050.52
- linux-oem-5.13 Fixed in 5.13.0-1014.18
- linux-oem-5.6 No fix yet
- linux-oracle Fixed in 5.4.0-1056.60
- linux-oracle-5.11 Fixed in 5.11.0-1020.21~20.04.1
- linux-oracle-5.8 No fix yet
- linux-raspi Fixed in 5.4.0-1045.49
- linux-raspi2 No fix yet
- linux-riscv No fix yet
- linux-riscv-5.11 Fixed in 5.11.0-1021.22~20.04.1
- linux-riscv-5.8 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- linux-intel-iot-realtime No fix yet
- linux-realtime No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- linux No fix yet
- linux-aws Fixed in 4.4.0-1102.107Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
- linux-azure Fixed in 4.15.0-1125.138~14.04.1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
- linux-lts-xenial Fixed in 4.4.0-222.255~14.04.1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 4.4.0-222.255Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
- linux-aws Fixed in 4.4.0-1138.152Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
- linux-aws-hwe Fixed in 4.15.0-1113.120~16.04.1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
- linux-azure Fixed in 4.15.0-1125.138~16.04.1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
- linux-gcp Fixed in 4.15.0-1110.124~16.04.1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
- linux-hwe Fixed in 4.15.0-161.169~16.04.1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
- linux-kvm Fixed in 4.4.0-1103.112Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
- linux-oracle Fixed in 4.15.0-1082.90~16.04.1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS
- linux-fips Fixed in 4.4.0-1072.78Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS
- linux-aws-fips Fixed in 4.15.0-2055.57Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
- linux-azure-fips Fixed in 4.15.0-2037.41Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
- linux-fips Fixed in 4.15.0-1071.80Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
- linux-gcp-fips Fixed in 4.15.0-2020.22Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS
- linux-aws-fips Fixed in 5.4.0-1069.73+fips2Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
- linux-azure-fips Fixed in 5.4.0-1073.76+fips1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
- linux-fips Fixed in 5.4.0-1035.41Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
- linux-gcp-fips Fixed in 5.4.0-1067.71~20.04.1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 16.04 LTS
- linux-fips No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS
- linux-aws-fips No fix yet
- linux-azure-fips No fix yet
- linux-fips No fix yet
- linux-gcp-fips No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS
- linux-aws-fips No fix yet
- linux-azure-fips No fix yet
- linux-fips No fix yet
- linux-gcp-fips No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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