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Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres

CVE-2024-42158

Medium
4.1/10

Summary

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)

  • HIGH
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-669 - Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres

The product does not properly transfer a resource/behavior to another sphere, or improperly imports a resource/behavior from another sphere, in a manner that provides unintended control over that resource.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published