CVE-2024-43872

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.02 BB Relevance: 36/100
Published: 2024-08-21 Modified: 2026-10-30 First seen: 2026-10-30 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Interaction

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: None
I: None
A: High

Description

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 workqueue and set an upper limit for the number of CEQE handled by a single call of work handler.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (5)

VendorProductVersion
Linux Linux a5073d6054f75d7c94b3354206eec4b804d2fbd4 < 97740304c953ac43aebd24678ae999fe0bc9decf
Linux Linux a5073d6054f75d7c94b3354206eec4b804d2fbd4 < 06580b33c183c9f98e2a2ca96a86137179032c08
Linux Linux a5073d6054f75d7c94b3354206eec4b804d2fbd4 < 2fdf34038369c0a27811e7b4680662a14ada1d6b
Linux Linux 4.16
linux linux_kernel 4.16 – 6.10.3

Bug Bounty Relevance

36 / 100
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

5.5 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.32%
Raw Score 0.003240
Percentile 25.4%
Date 2026-10-30

EPSS Trend

2026-10-30
0.00324
2026-10-29
0.00324

Intelligence Sources

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