CVE-2024-42158: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 4.1. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 4.11, before 6.9.9 (fixed in 6.9.9)

Published 2024-07-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.