# io_uring/rw: fix missing NOWAIT check for O_DIRECT start write

CVE record · `CVE-2024-53052`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2024-53052`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 4.4 Medium
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-667](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/667.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-667](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-667.md)
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 19 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 19 Nov 2024, 17:19 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: `2b188cc1bb857a9d4701ae59aa7768b5124e262e to before 485d9232112b17f389b29497ff41b97b3189546b` (git)
  - affected: `2b188cc1bb857a9d4701ae59aa7768b5124e262e to before 4e24041ba86d50aaa4c792ae2c88ed01b3d96243` (git)
  - affected: `2b188cc1bb857a9d4701ae59aa7768b5124e262e to before 9e8debb8e51354b201db494689198078ec2c1e75` (git)
  - affected: `2b188cc1bb857a9d4701ae59aa7768b5124e262e to before 003d2996964c03dfd34860500428f4cdf1f5879e` (git)
  - affected: `2b188cc1bb857a9d4701ae59aa7768b5124e262e to before 26b8c48f369b7591f5679e0b90612f4862a32929` (git)
  - affected: `2b188cc1bb857a9d4701ae59aa7768b5124e262e to before 1d60d74e852647255bd8e76f5a22dc42531e4389` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.1`
  - unaffected: `before 5.1` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.230 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.172 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.116 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.60 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.11.7 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

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

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0018, the 7th percentile, on 6 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 19 Nov 2024. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2024-53052](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-53052)
- [NVD: CVE-2024-53052](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53052)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/485d9232112b17f389b29497ff41b97b3189546b>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e24041ba86d50aaa4c792ae2c88ed01b3d96243>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e8debb8e51354b201db494689198078ec2c1e75>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/003d2996964c03dfd34860500428f4cdf1f5879e>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26b8c48f369b7591f5679e0b90612f4862a32929>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d60d74e852647255bd8e76f5a22dc42531e4389>

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.

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