Bug 2001951 (CVE-2021-40490) - CVE-2021-40490 kernel: race condition was discovered in ext4_write_inline_data_end in fs/ext4/inline.c in the ext4 subsystem
Summary: CVE-2021-40490 kernel: race condition was discovered in ext4_write_inline_dat...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2021-40490
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2001952 2003460 2003461 2003462 2003463
Blocks: 2001953
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-09-07 14:20 UTC by Marian Rehak
Modified: 2023-09-26 18:22 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: Linux kernel 5.15-rc1
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A race condition was discovered in the ext4 subsystem. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
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Description Marian Rehak 2021-09-07 14:20:20 UTC
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.

Upstream Issue:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4.git/commit/?id=9e445093e523f3277081314c864f708fd4bd34aa

Comment 1 Marian Rehak 2021-09-07 14:20:45 UTC
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2001952]


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