CVE-2021-40490

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    CVE-2021-40490

    Published: 3 Sept 2021Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M6VS2DLGT7TK7URKAS2KWJL3S533SGVA/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XJGX3DMJT6MRBW2XEF3TWVHYWZW3DG3N/, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00012.html, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211004-0001/, https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4978, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00010.html, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4.git/commit/?id=9e445093e523f3277081314c864f708fd4bd34aa

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