CVE-2024-42158

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue in the Linux kernel has been resolved by replacing memzero explicit() and kfree() with kfree sensitive() to fix warnings reported by Coccinelle. The warnings were related to opportunities for kfree sensitive()/kvfree sensitive() on lines 1506, 1643, and 1770. This change addresses the warnings and improves the security of the kernel.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.