CVE-2024-42229 (GCVE-0-2024-42229)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-30 07:47 – Updated: 2026-05-11 20:28
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
crypto: aead,cipher - zeroize key buffer after use
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-10 16:14 UTC
Assigner
References
9 references
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
06817176784f620984200dc5d7cbe16984f7b262 , < 89b9b6fa4463daf820e6a5ef65c3b0c2db239513
(git)
Affected: 06817176784f620984200dc5d7cbe16984f7b262 , < b716e9c3603ee95ed45e938fe47227d22cf3ec35 (git) Affected: 06817176784f620984200dc5d7cbe16984f7b262 , < 9db8c299a521813630fcb4154298cb60c37f3133 (git) Affected: 06817176784f620984200dc5d7cbe16984f7b262 , < 71dd428615375e36523f4d4f7685ddd54113646d (git) Affected: 06817176784f620984200dc5d7cbe16984f7b262 , < 28c8d274848feba552e95c5c2a7e3cfe8f15c534 (git) Affected: 06817176784f620984200dc5d7cbe16984f7b262 , < b502d4a08875ea2b4ea5d5b28dc7c991c8b90cfb (git) Affected: 06817176784f620984200dc5d7cbe16984f7b262 , < f58679996a831754a356974376f248aa0af2eb8e (git) Affected: 06817176784f620984200dc5d7cbe16984f7b262 , < 23e4099bdc3c8381992f9eb975c79196d6755210 (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
2.6.23
Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.23 (semver) Unaffected: 4.19.323 , ≤ 4.19.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.4.285 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.222 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.163 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.98 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.39 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.9.9 , ≤ 6.9.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.10 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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