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Linux Linux — gve: Account for stopped queues when reading NIC stats
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L H L N U H H H 7.0 .0019 9.4 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 2f523dc34ac8c355609e9b847852bf25bbdb30bf – —
Linux 5.10 – 6.9.9
TIMELINE
Jul 29 Reserved by Linux
Jul 30 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2024-42162 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 7 (NVD).
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.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| July 29, 2024 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| July 30, 2024 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2024-42162 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 7 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 2f523dc34ac8c355609e9b847852bf25bbdb30bf | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 5.10 | 6.9.9 |
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This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2024-42162 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Wednesday, August 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.