CVE-2024-42158

2024-07-3008:15:07

CWE-669

Linux

web.nvd.nist.gov

107

linux kernel

vulnerability

cve-2024-42158

s390/pkey

memzero_explicit

kfree

kfree_sensitive

coccinelle

CVSS3

4.1

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

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

AI Score

6.7

Confidence

Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.4%

JSON

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)

Affected configurations

Nvd

Vulners

Node

linuxlinux_kernelRange4.11–6.9.9

VendorProductVersionCPE
linuxlinux_kernel*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
linux	linux_kernel	*	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "drivers/s390/crypto/pkey_api.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "1da177e4c3f4",
        "lessThan": "62151a0acde9",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "1da177e4c3f4",
        "lessThan": "22e6824622e8",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "drivers/s390/crypto/pkey_api.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "6.9.9",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.9.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.10",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
      }
    ]
  }
]