{"id":"CVE-2021-40490","title":"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.","summary":"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.","severity":"high","cvss":7,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-362"],"vendor":"netapp","product":"solidfire_baseboard_management_controller","affected":["solidfire_baseboard_management_controller","linux_kernel >= 3.8, < 4.4.284","linux_kernel >= 4.5, < 4.9.283","linux_kernel >= 4.10, < 4.14.247","linux_kernel >= 4.15, < 4.19.207","linux_kernel >= 4.20, < 5.4.145","linux_kernel >= 5.5, < 5.10.63","linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.13.15","linux_kernel >= 5.14, < 5.14.2","fedora = 33","fedora = 34","debian_linux = 9.0","debian_linux = 11.0","aff_a250_firmware","fas_500f_firmware","h300s_firmware","h500s_firmware","h700s_firmware","h300e_firmware","h500e_firmware","h700e_firmware","h410s_firmware","h410c_firmware","h610c_firmware","h610s_firmware","h615c_firmware"],"patched":["linux_kernel 5.14.2"],"published":"2021-09-03","updated":"2026-08-13","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40490","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4.git/commit/?id=9e445093e523f3277081314c864f708fd4bd34aa","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00010.html","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00012.html","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M6VS2DLGT7TK7URKAS2KWJL3S533SGVA/","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XJGX3DMJT6MRBW2XEF3TWVHYWZW3DG3N/","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211004-0001/","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4978","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4.git/commit/?id=9e445093e523f3277081314c864f708fd4bd34aa","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00010.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00012.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M6VS2DLGT7TK7URKAS2KWJL3S533SGVA/","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XJGX3DMJT6MRBW2XEF3TWVHYWZW3DG3N/","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211004-0001/","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4978","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00303,"epssPercentile":0.23191,"ingestedAt":"2026-08-13T20:06:14.997Z","slug":"CVE-2021-40490","body":"## Overview\n\nA 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `solidfire_baseboard_management_controller`\n- `linux_kernel >= 3.8, < 4.4.284`\n- `linux_kernel >= 4.5, < 4.9.283`\n- `linux_kernel >= 4.10, < 4.14.247`\n- `linux_kernel >= 4.15, < 4.19.207`\n- `linux_kernel >= 4.20, < 5.4.145`\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.5, < 5.10.63`\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.13.15`\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.14, < 5.14.2`\n- `fedora = 33`\n- `fedora = 34`\n- `debian_linux = 9.0`\n- `debian_linux = 11.0`\n- `aff_a250_firmware`\n- `fas_500f_firmware`\n- `h300s_firmware`\n- `h500s_firmware`\n- `h700s_firmware`\n- `h300e_firmware`\n- `h500e_firmware`\n- `h700e_firmware`\n- `h410s_firmware`\n- `h410c_firmware`\n- `h610c_firmware`\n- `h610s_firmware`\n- `h615c_firmware`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `linux_kernel 5.14.2`","depth":"twilight","depthScore":39,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":38.5,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}