VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-50184

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.23%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-11-08
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: virtio_pmem: Check device status before requesting flush If a pmem device is in a bad status, the driver side could wait for host ack forever in virtio_pmem_flush(), causing the system to hang. So add a status check in the beginning of virtio_pmem_flush() to return early if the device is not activated.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-754
  • 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-754

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