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CVE-2024-42157: s390/pkey: Wipe sensitive data on failure

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-07-30 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/pkey: Wipe sensitive data on failure Wipe sensitive data from stack also if the copy_to_user() fails.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 4.11 before 4.19.318; from 4.20 before 5.4.280; from 5.5 before 5.10.222; from 5.11 before 5.15.163; from 5.16 before 6.1.98; from 6.2 before 6.6.39 — fixed in 4.19.318, 5.10.222, 5.15.163, 5.4.280, 6.1.98, 6.6.39

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 4.19.318, 5.10.222, 5.15.163, 5.4.280. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d8c270de5eb74245d72325d285894a577a945d9
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4889f117755b2f18c23045a0f57977f3ec130581
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e2e374403bf73140d0efc9541cb1b3bea55ac02
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90a01aefb84b09ccb6024d75d85bb8f620bd3487
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93c034c4314bc4c4450a3869cd5da298502346ad
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5eb9176ebd4697bc248bf8d145e66d782cf5250
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c44a2151e5d21c66b070a056c26471f30719b575
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c51795885c801b6b7e976717e0d6d45b1e5be0f0
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d8c270de5eb74245d72325d285894a577a945d9
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4889f117755b2f18c23045a0f57977f3ec130581
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e2e374403bf73140d0efc9541cb1b3bea55ac02
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90a01aefb84b09ccb6024d75d85bb8f620bd3487

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