CVE-2021-40490

Medium

Elevated severity or exploit probability.

CVSS base

7.0 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)

0.3%

23.2th percentile

CISA KEV

Not listed

Weakness / dates

CWE-362

Published 2021-09-03 · modified 2026-08-13

CVSS breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

debian fedoraproject linux netapp

Official: NVD · CVE.org