ACK: [SRU][J][PATCH 0/1] CVE-2024-42158

ivanhu ivan.hu at canonical.com
Thu Oct 17 02:42:28 UTC 2024


Acked-by: Ivan Hu <ivan.hu at canonical.com>


On 2024/10/11 22:54, Massimiliano Pellizzer wrote:
> [Impact]
> 
> s390/pkey: Use kfree_sensitive() to fix Coccinelle warnings
> 
> Replace memzero_explicit() and kfree() with kfree_sensitive() to fix
> warnings reported by Coccinelle.
> 
> [Fix]
> 
> Noble:  Fixed
> Jammy:  Backported from linux-6.9.y
> Focal:  Not affected
> Bionic: Not affected
> Xenial: Not affected
> 
> [Test Case]
> 
> Compile tested only.
> 
> [Where problems could occur]
> 
> The fix affects the s390 cryptographic driver. An issue with the fix may
> lead to improper memory sanitization, potentially leaving cryptographic
> keys exposed in memory. This could result in a potential data leak.
> 
> Jules Irenge (1):
>    s390/pkey: Use kfree_sensitive() to fix Coccinelle warnings
> 
>   drivers/s390/crypto/pkey_api.c | 9 +++------
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 



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