CVE-2024-42229
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42229
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-42229.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-42229
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2024-07-30T08:15:08Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:28Z
- Severity
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- 4.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23e4099bdc3c8381992f9eb975c79196d6755210
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28c8d274848feba552e95c5c2a7e3cfe8f15c534
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71dd428615375e36523f4d4f7685ddd54113646d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9db8c299a521813630fcb4154298cb60c37f3133
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b502d4a08875ea2b4ea5d5b28dc7c991c8b90cfb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f58679996a831754a356974376f248aa0af2eb8e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89b9b6fa4463daf820e6a5ef65c3b0c2db239513
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b716e9c3603ee95ed45e938fe47227d22cf3ec35