# virtio_pmem: Check device status before requesting flush

CVE record · `CVE-2024-50184`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2024-50184`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 5.5 Medium
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-754](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/754.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-754](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-754.md)
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 8 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 8 Nov 2024, 05:38 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6e84200c0a2994b991259d19450eee561029bf70 to before 59ac565c6277d4be6661e81ea6a7f3ca2c5e4e36` (git)
  - affected: `6e84200c0a2994b991259d19450eee561029bf70 to before 4ce662fe4be6fbc2595d9ef4888b2b6e778c99ed` (git)
  - affected: `6e84200c0a2994b991259d19450eee561029bf70 to before 9a2bc9b6f929a2ce1ebe4d1a796ddab37568c5b4` (git)
  - affected: `6e84200c0a2994b991259d19450eee561029bf70 to before 6a5ca0ab94e13a1474bf7ad8437a975c2193618f` (git)
  - affected: `6e84200c0a2994b991259d19450eee561029bf70 to before b01793cc63dd39c8f12b9a3d8dc115fbebb19e2a` (git)
  - affected: `6e84200c0a2994b991259d19450eee561029bf70 to before ce7a3a62cc533c922072f328fd2ea2fd7cb893d4` (git)
  - affected: `6e84200c0a2994b991259d19450eee561029bf70 to before e25fbcd97cf52c3c9824d44b5c56c19673c3dd50` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.3`
  - unaffected: `before 5.3` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.4.285 to 5.4.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.227 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.168 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.113 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.57 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.11.4 to 6.11.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 5.5 Medium, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`, from ADP (CISA-ADP)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0023, the 13th percentile, on 9 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 8 Nov 2024. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2024-50184](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-50184)
- [NVD: CVE-2024-50184](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50184)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59ac565c6277d4be6661e81ea6a7f3ca2c5e4e36>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ce662fe4be6fbc2595d9ef4888b2b6e778c99ed>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a2bc9b6f929a2ce1ebe4d1a796ddab37568c5b4>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a5ca0ab94e13a1474bf7ad8437a975c2193618f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b01793cc63dd39c8f12b9a3d8dc115fbebb19e2a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce7a3a62cc533c922072f328fd2ea2fd7cb893d4>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e25fbcd97cf52c3c9824d44b5c56c19673c3dd50>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

## Check whether this affects you

This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it. Compare the affected versions above with what you run.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), `get_advisory` returns this record and `search_advisories` finds related ones. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/CVE-2024-50184>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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