# CVE-2024-50179: ceph: remove the incorrect Fw reference check when dirtying pages

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-11-08 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.2

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ceph: remove the incorrect Fw reference check when dirtying pages When doing the direct-io reads it will also try to mark pages dirty, but for the read path it won't hold the Fw caps and there is case will it get the Fw reference.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c26c5ec832dd9e9dcd0a0a892a485c99889b68f0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/126b567a2ef65fc38a71d832bf1216c56816f231
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f55e003d261baa7c57d51ae5c8ec1f5c26a35c89
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f863bfd0a2c6c99011c62ea71ac04f8e78707da9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea98284fc4fb05f276737d2043b02b62be5a8dfb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11ab19d48ab877430eed0c7d83810970bbcbc4f6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d4f619153bab7fa59736462967821d6521a38cb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74b302ebad5b43ac17460fa58092d892a3cba6eb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c08dfb1b49492c09cf13838c71897493ea3b424e

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