Search/CVE-2021-40490
● CVE — High

CVE-2021-40490

Vendordebian, fedoraproject, linux, netappProductdebian linux, fedora, linux kernel, aff a250 firmware, fas 500f firmware, h300e firmware, h300s firmware, h410c firmware, h410s firmware, h500e firmware, h500s firmware, h610c firmware, h610s firmware, h615c firmware, h700e firmware, h700s firmware, solidfire baseboard management controllerDiscoveredSep 3, 2021UpdatedAug 13, 2026

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.

CVSS v3.1
7 HIGH
EPSS
0.31%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
0
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
EPSS Trend
Aug 14, 2026 → Oct 22, 2026
● 0.00pp
0.30% → 0.31% over 2 tracked changes
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorLOCAL
Attack ComplexityHIGH
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityHIGH
IntegrityHIGH
AvailabilityHIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Sep 3, 2021
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Aug 13, 2026