A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.10.221/5.15.162/6.1.97/6.6.38/6.9.8 and classified as critical. This issue affects the function kfree_sensitive. The manipulation leads to buffer overflow.

The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-42229. The attack needs to be done within the local network. There is no exploit available.

It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.