Tracker / CVE-2024-42229
CVE-2024-42229
Medium 4.1
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: aead,cipher - zeroize key buffer after use I.G 9.7.B for FIPS 140-3 specifies that variables temporarily holding cryptographic information should be zeroized once they are no longer needed. Accomplish this by using kfree_sensitive for buffers that previously held the private key.
Affected products and versions
| linux | linux_kernel · … → 5.10.222 |
|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel · 5.11 → 5.15.163 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 5.16 → 6.1.98 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.2 → 6.6.39 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.7 → 6.9.9 |
Analysis
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