CVE-2021-40490

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

Ranks above 22.8% 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.

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

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4.git/commit/?id=9e445093e523f3277081314c864f708fd4bd34aax_refsource_MISC
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-4ca1b080bbhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XJGX3DMJT6MRBW2XEF3TWVHYWZW3DG3N/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-60f1d2eba1https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M6VS2DLGT7TK7URKAS2KWJL3S533SGVA/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• www.debian.orgDSA-4978https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4978vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211004-0001/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• 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.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20211216 [SECURITY] [DLA 2843-1] linux security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00012.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST