CVE-2024-42158

Summary

CVE-2024-42158 is a vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel. This issue involves the use of memzero_explicit() and kfree() functions in the s390/pkey module, which have been identified as potential security concerns by the Coccinelle static analyzer. To address these warnings, the affected functions have been replaced with kfree_sensitive(), ensuring that memory is properly freed and reducing the risk of potential memory-related vulnerabilities.

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