What is CVE-2024-50184?

CVE-2024-50184 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.3 onward and patched in 5.4.285, 5.10.227, 5.15.168 and others. CVE-2024-50184 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50184?

CVE-2024-50184 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-50184?

Yes, CVE-2024-50184 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.285, 5.10.227, 5.15.168 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.3 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-50184 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-50184 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-50184

Medium

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.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-11-08

Last modified 2025-11-03

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-754

CVE-2024-50184 is classified as CWE-754

See CWE-754 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 5.3 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.4.285, 5.10.227, 5.15.168, 6.1.113, 6.6.57, 6.11.4, 6.12 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.3

Fixed in

✓ 5.4.285 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.227 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.168 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.113 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.57 6.6.x ✓ 6.11.4 6.11.x ✓ 6.12

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-50184 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ce662fe4be6fbc2595d9ef4888b2b6e778c99ed
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59ac565c6277d4be6661e81ea6a7f3ca2c5e4e36
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a5ca0ab94e13a1474bf7ad8437a975c2193618f
Patch

7 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-50184

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-11-08

Modified 2025-11-03

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-50184?

CVE-2024-50184 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.3 onward and has been patched in 5.4.285, 5.10.227, 5.15.168 and others. CVE-2024-50184 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50184?

CVE-2024-50184 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-50184?

Yes — CVE-2024-50184 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.285, 5.10.227, 5.15.168 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.3 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-50184 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-50184 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.