diff --git a/net/pagekitec/Makefile b/net/pagekitec/Makefile
index 3da1782ef96b1..795afdc320282 100644
--- a/net/pagekitec/Makefile
+++ b/net/pagekitec/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 PKG_NAME:=pagekitec
 PKG_REV:=0.91.201110
 PKG_VERSION:=$(PKG_REV)C
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 PKG_LICENSE:=Apache-2.0
 PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
diff --git a/net/pagekitec/patches/0003-fix-use-after-free-in-pkproto.c.patch b/net/pagekitec/patches/0003-fix-use-after-free-in-pkproto.c.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f1adab0e51849
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/pagekitec/patches/0003-fix-use-after-free-in-pkproto.c.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+From ef75e4d5e517ed12d6057b2211d401fa1ce84f4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Lukas Zeller <luz@plan44.ch>
+Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 00:53:40 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] pkproto.c: fix use-after-free that did cause pagekite to
+ SIGSEGV occasionally, with higher probability on faster/multicore systems
+
+Observation:
+- programs using libpagekitec did crash with SIGSEGV on startup on RPi3,4
+  while having worked fine for years on RPi1+2
+
+Explantation:
+- the final "judgement" test were done on pointers into the `copy` buffer
+  freed on line 766 instead of on the safe copies of those strings in `kite`
+  and `kite_r`.
+- this opened a very short race condition window, however the crash was
+  caught happening while a tight loop (`pkb_start_blockers`) fired up 16
+  of those threads in rapid succession.
+  So probably if the next thread got to allocate memory before the
+  "judgements" tests, accessing the just freed `copy` would cause a segfault.
+
+Fix:
+- check the safe copies of the strings instead of pointers into freed `copy`.
+
+Signed-off-by: Lukas Zeller <luz@plan44.ch>
+---
+ libpagekite/pkproto.c | 6 +++---
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/libpagekite/pkproto.c b/libpagekite/pkproto.c
+index 3d4ccd6..4ee7e0f 100644
+--- a/libpagekite/pkproto.c
++++ b/libpagekite/pkproto.c
+@@ -766,9 +766,9 @@ char *pk_parse_kite_request(
+   free(copy);
+ 
+   /* Pass judgement */
+-  if ('\0' == *public_domain) return pk_err_null(ERR_PARSE_NO_KITENAME);
+-  if ('\0' == *bsalt) return pk_err_null(ERR_PARSE_NO_BSALT);
+-  if ('\0' == *fsalt) return pk_err_null(ERR_PARSE_NO_FSALT);
++  if ('\0' == *(kite->public_domain)) return pk_err_null(ERR_PARSE_NO_KITENAME);
++  if ('\0' == *(kite_r->bsalt)) return pk_err_null(ERR_PARSE_NO_BSALT);
++  if ('\0' == *(kite_r->fsalt)) return pk_err_null(ERR_PARSE_NO_FSALT);
+   return kite->public_domain;
+ }
+