Race Condition Affecting reiserfs-kmp-default package, versions <5.3.18-24.86.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-REISERFSKMPDEFAULT-2662186
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed15 Oct 2021

Introduced: 15 Oct 2021

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 reiserfs-kmp-default to version 5.3.18-24.86.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream reiserfs-kmp-default package and not the reiserfs-kmp-default package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.2 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.

CVSS Scores

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