CVE-2024-43872

Medium

Published: —Translated: 07/08/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Summary

In the Linux kernel, in the RDMA/hns driver, a soft lockup issue under heavy CEQE load was fixed by moving CEQE handling to the BH (bottom half) context.

Risk Assessment

Soft lockup can lead to system unresponsiveness and downtime, affecting availability of services using RDMA.

Recommendation

Install the updated Linux kernel with the fix for the hns driver to avoid lockups under heavy load.

Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/hns: Fix soft lockup under heavy CEQE load CEQEs are handled in interrupt handler currently. This may cause the CPU core staying in interrupt context too long and lead to soft lockup under heavy load. Handle CEQEs in BH work