CVE-2024-42158

kernel: s390/pkey: Use kfree_sensitive() to fix Coccinelle warnings

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · July 30, 2024

Updated · October 31, 2026

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)

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-99 · Improper Control of Resource Identifiers ('Resource Injection')