CVE-2024-50157

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description: A vulnerability in the Linux kernel has been resolved, specifically in the RDMA/bnxt re driver. The issue occurs when the driver waits indefinitely for the FIFO occupancy to go below a threshold after receiving a pacing interrupt, potentially causing a soft lockup on one of the processors if the rate of DB is very high. To address this, a loop count for FPGA has been added to exit the wait for fifo occupancy below th function if the loop takes too long. Pacing continues until the occupancy is below the threshold, ensured by checks in bnxt re pacing timer exp and further scheduling of work for pacing based on FIFO occupancy.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.