CVE-2024-42229 (GCVE-0-2024-42229)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-30 07:47 – Updated: 2026-01-05 10:52
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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 ?
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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)
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    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)
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