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Fedora 34 Kernel 5.13.15 Critical Fix: Race Condition in Ext4

The 5.13.15 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2021-4ca1b080bb 2021-09-14 14:59:04.056322 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name : kernel Product : Fedora 34 Version : 5.13.15 Release : 200.fc34 URL : https://www.kernel.org/ Summary : The Linux kernel Description : The kernel meta package --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information: The 5.13.15 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------ChangeLog: * Wed Sep 8 2021 Justin M. Forbes [5.13.15-200] - kernel-5.13.15-0 (Justin M. Forbes) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------References: [ 1 ] Bug #2001951 - CVE-2021-40490 kernel: race condition was discovered in ext4_write_inline_data_end in fs/ext4/inline.c in the ext4 subsystem https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2001951 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2021-4ca1b080bb' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------_______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Fedora Code of Conduct:https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it./ Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure . The kernel update 5.13.15 for Fedora 34 addresses significant problems, notably a race condition impacting the ext4 file system.. Fedora Kernel Update, System Security Fix, Race Condition Resolution. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Sep 14, 2021 •Critical Fedora