CVE-2025-39773

A soft lockup race condition exists in the linux kernel such that when set multicast_query_interval to a large value, the local variable 'time' in br_multicast_send_query() may overflow. If the time is smaller than,the timer will expire immediately, and then call mod_timer() again, which creates a loop and may trigger the following soft lockup issue.

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Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.