<p>Upgrade <code>Amazon-Linux:2</code> <code>kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64</code> to version 0:4.14.248-189.473.amzn2 or higher.<br>This issue was patched in <code>ALAS2-2021-1712</code>.</p>

Race Condition Affecting kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 package, versions <0:4.14.248-189.473.amzn2

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Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-KERNELDEBUGINFOCOMMONX8664-1729179
published 7 Oct 2021
disclosed 3 Sep 2021

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Introduced: 3 Sep 2021

CVE-2021-40490 Open this link in a new tab CWE-362 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 to version 0:4.14.248-189.473.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2021-1712.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 package and not the kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

CVSS Scores

version 3.1

Attack Vector (AV)

Local
Attack Complexity (AC)

High
Privileges Required (PR)

Low
User Interaction (UI)

None

Scope (S)

Unchanged

Confidentiality (C)

High
Integrity (I)

High
Availability (A)

High

Race Condition Affecting kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 package, versions <0:4.14.248-189.473.amzn2

Severity

Based on Amazon Linux security rating