### [CVE-2024-50184](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-50184) ![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=Linux&color=blue) ![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=&color=brightgreen) ![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=5.3%20&color=brightgreen) ![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=6e84200c0a2994b991259d19450eee561029bf70%20&color=brightgreen) ![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=n%2Fa&color=blue) ### Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:virtio_pmem: Check device status before requesting flushIf a pmem device is in a bad status, the driver side could wait forhost ack forever in virtio_pmem_flush(), causing the system to hang.So add a status check in the beginning of virtio_pmem_flush() to returnearly if the device is not activated. ### POC #### Reference No PoCs from references. #### Github - https://github.com/w4zu/Debian_security