Published Aug 21, 2024Sources checked Nov 11, 2026
5.5MEDIUMCVSS out of 10
What this means
Review the available evidence
CVE-2024-43872 and is rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 5.5. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.
CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog
EPSS0.4%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability
Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field
Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships
Overview
What is CVE-2024-43872?
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.