CVE-2024-42162 gve: Account for stopped queues when reading NIC stats
A flaw in the Google Virtual Ethernet driver allows invalid memory access when reading NIC stats, potentially causing a system crash.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-42162?
CVE-2024-42162 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 30 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-754
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-42162?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-42162?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2024-42162 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42162 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-42162, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42162, GHSA-v9x7-5mrp-4m42, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2024-42162, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2024-42162, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42162.