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CVE-2024-42156

s390/pkey: Wipe copies of clear-key structures on failure

EPSS 0.2%

Published 2024-07-30 (2 years ago) by the Linux kernel CNA. Subsystem drivers/s390. Debian urgency: not yet assigned.

Debian does not build this code. The per-release build detail is under "Where it lives" below.

What to do, per Debian release

Debian's own status for CVE-2024-42156 in every release this site tracks, and what each one means in practice. Every status below is the one the Debian Security Team publishes for this CVE. source

ReleaseStatus VersionWhat this means
Debian 12bookwormvulnerable6.1.190-1No fix published anywhere yet, neither in Debian nor upstream for the series bookworm tracks. Watch the Debian tracker page for this CVE. Advisories for bookworm have historically landed a median of 23 days after publication.
Debian 13trixiefixed6.9.9-1Update the kernel and reboot. Fixed in 6.9.9-1. A running kernel keeps the old code until the machine restarts.
Debian 14forkyfixed6.9.9-1Update the kernel and reboot. Fixed in 6.9.9-1. A running kernel keeps the old code until the machine restarts.
Debian unstablesidfixed6.9.9-1Update the kernel and reboot. Fixed in 6.9.9-1. A running kernel keeps the old code until the machine restarts.

The vulnerability

What the bug is

Wipe all sensitive data from stack for all IOCTLs, which convert a clear-key into a protected- or secure-key.

Where it lives

The fix touches these files. If the subsystem is one you do not use, the practical exposure is lower, though the package is still the vulnerable one.

drivers/s390/crypto/pkey_api.c

What this is
S390 ZCRYPT AND PKEY DRIVER AND AP BUSMAINTAINERS section matched on drivers/s390/crypto/ · linux-s390@vger.kernel.org · Supported

Check it on the machine

grep -wE 'CONFIG_PKEY|CONFIG_S390' /boot/config-$(uname -r)

Reads the booted kernel's own configuration, on the machine and nowhere else. =y is built in, =m is a module, and an is not set line means the code is not there.

Show whether Debian builds this, per release

Debian does not build this code. In 4 releases below, every kernel flavour Debian publishes has the switch off, so the vulnerable file is compiled into no kernel binary Debian ships.

  • bookworm, trixie, forky, sidn
n
not enabled on any flavour - this release does not build the code
Build switches
CONFIG_PKEY, CONFIG_S390
Reads as
all on means the file is compiled; any one off means it is not.

From the configuration Debian publishes for every kernel flavour it builds. It covers only the architectures Debian ships a linux-config package for, and nothing about a kernel you built yourself. Debian's own status above stays authoritative about the source package.MAINTAINERS kbuild Makefiles Debian linux-config packages

Signals

Published
2024-07-30 (2 years ago)source
CVSS
no vector published, unrated
Attack vector
not published
EPSS
0.21%, higher than 10.8% of all CVEssource
CISA KEV
not listedthe KEV catalogue
Debian urgency
not yet assignedsource
Subsystem
drivers/s390

Upstream fixes

The versions the CNA records as introducing and fixing this, and the commit for each. source

IntroducedFixed inCommit
5.46.6.64a891938947f4
5.46.9.97f6243edd901
5.46.10d65d76a44ffe

Why the CNA scored it this way

The kernel CNA published no CVSS vector and no reasoning for CVE-2024-42156, which is why it is shown as unrated rather than given an invented score. 6,405 of the 20,413 CVEs here carry reasoning; this is not one of them.