CVE-2024-42162gve: Account for stopped queues when reading NIC stats
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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.
- CVSS
- 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Linux
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Oct 21, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 21, 2026
Affected products
Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name) | from 2f523dc34ac8c355609e9b847852bf25bbdb30bf before acf609843a848e2c22ccce98eef109330403380d; from 2f523dc34ac8c355609e9b847852bf25bbdb30bf before 32675d828c8a392e20d5b42375ed112c407e4b62; from 2f523dc34ac8c355609e9b847852bf25bbdb30bf before af9bcf910b1f86244f39e15e701b2dc564b469a6 | CNA record |
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel | from 5.3 through 6.9.9 | NVD |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/acf609843a848e2c22ccce98eef109330403380d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32675d828c8a392e20d5b42375ed112c407e4b62patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af9bcf910b1f86244f39e15e701b2dc564b469a6patch
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