CVE-2024-42162
High
gve: Account for stopped queues when reading NIC stats
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gve: Account for stopped queues when reading NIC stats We now account for the fact that the NIC might send us stats for a subset of queues. Without this change, gve_get_ethtool_stats might make an invalid access on the priv->stats_report->stats array.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
July 30, 2024
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2024-42162
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gve: Account for stopped queues when reading NIC stats We now account for the fact that the NIC might send us stats for a subset of queues. Without this change, gve_get_ethtool_stats might make an invalid access on the priv->stats_report->stats array.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32675d828c8a392e20d5b42375ed112c407e4b62
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af9bcf910b1f86244f39e15e701b2dc564b469a6
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/42xxx/CVE-2024-42162.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42162