CVE-2024-42158

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 4.11-6.9.9 - Information Exposure via Improper Memory Clearing

Title source: llm

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/pkey: Use kfree_sensitive() to fix Coccinelle warnings Replace memzero_explicit() and kfree() with kfree_sensitive() to fix warnings reported by Coccinelle: WARNING opportunity for kfree_sensitive/kvfree_sensitive (line 1506) WARNING opportunity for kfree_sensitive/kvfree_sensitive (line 1643) WARNING opportunity for kfree_sensitive/kvfree_sensitive (line 1770)

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62151a0acde90823bdfa991d598c85cf4b1d387d

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22e6824622e8a8889df0f8fc4ed5aea0e702a694

Scores

CVSS v3 4.1

EPSS 0.0019

EPSS Percentile 8.5%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-669

Status published

Products (8)

linux/Kernel 4.11.0 - 6.9.9linux

Linux/Linux < 4.11

Linux/Linux 4.11

Linux/Linux 6.10

Linux/Linux 6.9.9 - 6.9.*

Linux/Linux e80d4af0a320972aac58e2004d0ba4e44ef4c5c7 - 22e6824622e8a8889df0f8fc4ed5aea0e702a694

Linux/Linux e80d4af0a320972aac58e2004d0ba4e44ef4c5c7 - 62151a0acde90823bdfa991d598c85cf4b1d387d

linux/linux_kernel 4.11 - 6.9.9

Published Jul 30, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026