CVE-2024-43872

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel hns RDMA driver. Completion-event queue entries are handled in hard interrupt context with no cap, so a heavy event load can soft-lock the CPU. A local user of that RDMA device can hang the system.

Following issue marked as moderate with "not affected or will not fix" for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, as it is not vulnerable to this CVE. This is because the CVE does not impact the versions or configurations of the Linux kernel used in Red Hat's distributions.

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