# CVE-2024-50135: nvme-pci: fix race condition between reset and nvme_dev_disable()

> A race condition in the Linux kernel NVMe driver can cause a system crash during device reset, requiring a kernel patch to fix.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 5 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-52396, AZL-52408, BELL-CVE-2024-50135, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50135, GHSA-772q-fwqp-96rg, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2024-50135, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2024-50135, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2024-50135, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50135

## What is CVE-2024-50135?

CVE-2024-50135 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 5 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nvme-pci: fix race condition between reset and nvme_dev_disable()

nvme_dev_disable() modifies the dev->online_queues field, therefore
nvme_pci_update_nr_queues() should avoid racing against it, otherwise
we could end up passing invalid values to blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues().

 WARNING: CPU: 39 PID: 61303 at drivers/pci/msi/api.c:347
          pci_irq_get_affinity+0x187/0x210
 Workqueue: nvme-reset-wq nvme_reset_work [nvme]
 RIP: 0010:pci_irq_get_affinity+0x187/0x210
 Call Trace:
  <TASK>
  ? blk_mq_pci_map_queues+0x87/0x3c0
  ? pci_irq_get_affinity+0x187/0x210
  blk_mq_pci_map_queues+0x87/0x3c0
  nvme_pci_map_queues+0x189/0x460 [nvme]
  blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues+0x2a/0x40
  nvme_reset_work+0x1be/0x2a0 [nvme]

Fix the bug by locking the shutdown_lock mutex before using
dev->online_queues. Give up if nvme_dev_disable() is running or if
it has been executed already.

Weakness: CWE-362 (Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-50135?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-50135?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-50135 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-50135 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-50135 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-50135 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 5 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-50135 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50135/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50135/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-50135
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50135
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-50135

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50135/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.