Race Condition Affecting kernel-uek-doc package, versions <0:5.4.17-2102.206.1.el8uek


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-KERNELUEKDOC-2601084
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed3 Sept 2021

Introduced: 3 Sep 2021

CVE-2021-40490  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 kernel-uek-doc to version 0:5.4.17-2102.206.1.el8uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2021-9474.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-doc package and not the kernel-uek-doc package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 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.

CVSS Scores

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