{"id":"CVE-2024-42162","title":"gve: Account for stopped queues when reading NIC stats","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ngve: Account for stopped queues when reading NIC stats\n\nWe now account for the fact that the NIC might send us stats for a\nsubset of queues. Without this change, gve_ge…","severity":"high","cvss":7.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cvssSource":"cna","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= 2f523dc34ac8c355609e9b847852bf25bbdb30bf < acf609843a848e2c22ccce98eef109330403380d","Linux >= 2f523dc34ac8c355609e9b847852bf25bbdb30bf < 32675d828c8a392e20d5b42375ed112c407e4b62","Linux >= 2f523dc34ac8c355609e9b847852bf25bbdb30bf < af9bcf910b1f86244f39e15e701b2dc564b469a6","Linux 5.10"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2024-09-10T16:14:49.244034Z"},"published":"2024-07-30","updated":"2026-10-21","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-21T12:35:04.536Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42162","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/acf609843a848e2c22ccce98eef109330403380d"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32675d828c8a392e20d5b42375ed112c407e4b62"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af9bcf910b1f86244f39e15e701b2dc564b469a6"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.00307,"epssPercentile":0.23349,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-21T12:48:53.733Z","slug":"CVE-2024-42162","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ngve: Account for stopped queues when reading NIC stats\n\nWe now account for the fact that the NIC might send us stats for a\nsubset of queues. Without this change, gve_get_ethtool_stats might make\nan invalid access on the priv->stats_report->stats array.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `Linux >= 2f523dc34ac8c355609e9b847852bf25bbdb30bf < acf609843a848e2c22ccce98eef109330403380d`\n- `Linux >= 2f523dc34ac8c355609e9b847852bf25bbdb30bf < 32675d828c8a392e20d5b42375ed112c407e4b62`\n- `Linux >= 2f523dc34ac8c355609e9b847852bf25bbdb30bf < af9bcf910b1f86244f39e15e701b2dc564b469a6`\n- `Linux 5.10`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":43,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":42.9,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}