CVE-2024-42229
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2024-07-30 |
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\ncrypto: aead,cipher - zeroize key buffer after use\nI.G 9.7.B for FIPS 140-3 specifies that variables temporarily holding\ncryptographic information should be zeroized once they are no longer\nneeded. Accomplish this by using kfree_sensitive for buffers that\npreviously held the private key.
See more information about CVE-2024-42229 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 metrics
| Base Score: | 4.1 |
| Vector String: | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| Version: | 3.1 |
| Attack Vector: | Local |
| Attack Complexity: | High |
| Privileges Required: | High |
| User Interaction: | None |
| Scope: | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality: | High |
| Integrity: | None |
| Availability: | None |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2024-12884 | 2024-12-16 |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2024-12618 | 2024-09-12 |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2024-12884 | 2024-12-16 |
| Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2024-12618 | 2024-09-12 |
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