# CVE-2024-42162: gve: Account for stopped queues when reading NIC stats

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.160, 6.9.9
- Published: 2024-07-30 · Updated: 2026-10-21

## Affected

- Linux: from 2f523dc34ac8c355609e9b847852bf25bbdb30bf, fixed in acf609843a848e2c22ccce98eef109330403380d; from 2f523dc34ac8c355609e9b847852bf25bbdb30bf, fixed in 32675d828c8a392e20d5b42375ed112c407e4b62; from 2f523dc34ac8c355609e9b847852bf25bbdb30bf, fixed in af9bcf910b1f86244f39e15e701b2dc564b469a6
- Linux: 5.10
- Kernel (Linux): from 5.10.0, fixed in 6.6.160; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.9.9

## Description

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.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/acf609843a848e2c22ccce98eef109330403380d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32675d828c8a392e20d5b42375ed112c407e4b62
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af9bcf910b1f86244f39e15e701b2dc564b469a6

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