What is CVE-2024-42156?

CVE-2024-42156 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 4.1/10. Published 2024-07-30.

How severe is CVE-2024-42156?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-42156 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2024-42156

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/pkey: Wipe copies of clear-key structures on failure Wipe all sensitive data from stack for all IOCTLs, which convert a clear-key into a protected- or secure-key.

EPSS: 0.002 (12.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Linux — versions f2bbc96e7cfad3891b7bf9bd3e566b9b7ab4553d, 5.4, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-42156?: CVE-2024-42156 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 4.1/10. Published 2024-07-30.
How severe is CVE-2024-42156?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-42156 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.