CVE-2024-42229

crypto: aead,cipher - zeroize key buffer after use

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Jul 30, 2024
Updated: May 11, 2026
Reserved: Jul 30, 2024

Description

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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
LinuxLinux	06817176784f620984200dc5d7cbe16984f7b262 to before 89b9b6fa4463daf820e6a5ef65c3b0c2db239513Affected 06817176784f620984200dc5d7cbe16984f7b262 to before b716e9c3603ee95ed45e938fe47227d22cf3ec35Affected 06817176784f620984200dc5d7cbe16984f7b262 to before 9db8c299a521813630fcb4154298cb60c37f3133Affected 06817176784f620984200dc5d7cbe16984f7b262 to before 71dd428615375e36523f4d4f7685ddd54113646dAffected 06817176784f620984200dc5d7cbe16984f7b262 to before 28c8d274848feba552e95c5c2a7e3cfe8f15c534Affected 06817176784f620984200dc5d7cbe16984f7b262 to before b502d4a08875ea2b4ea5d5b28dc7c991c8b90cfbAffected 06817176784f620984200dc5d7cbe16984f7b262 to before f58679996a831754a356974376f248aa0af2eb8eAffected 06817176784f620984200dc5d7cbe16984f7b262 to before 23e4099bdc3c8381992f9eb975c79196d6755210Affected
LinuxLinux	2.6.23Affected before 2.6.23Not affected 4.19.323 through 4.19.Not affected 5.4.285 through 5.4.Not affected 5.10.222 through 5.10.Not affected 5.15.163 through 5.15.Not affected 6.1.98 through 6.1.Not affected 6.6.39 through 6.6.Not affected 6.9.9 through 6.9.*Not affected 6.10 and laterNot affected

Product

Versions

LinuxLinux

06817176784f620984200dc5d7cbe16984f7b262 to before 89b9b6fa4463daf820e6a5ef65c3b0c2db239513Affected
06817176784f620984200dc5d7cbe16984f7b262 to before b716e9c3603ee95ed45e938fe47227d22cf3ec35Affected
06817176784f620984200dc5d7cbe16984f7b262 to before 9db8c299a521813630fcb4154298cb60c37f3133Affected
06817176784f620984200dc5d7cbe16984f7b262 to before 71dd428615375e36523f4d4f7685ddd54113646dAffected
06817176784f620984200dc5d7cbe16984f7b262 to before 28c8d274848feba552e95c5c2a7e3cfe8f15c534Affected
06817176784f620984200dc5d7cbe16984f7b262 to before b502d4a08875ea2b4ea5d5b28dc7c991c8b90cfbAffected
06817176784f620984200dc5d7cbe16984f7b262 to before f58679996a831754a356974376f248aa0af2eb8eAffected
06817176784f620984200dc5d7cbe16984f7b262 to before 23e4099bdc3c8381992f9eb975c79196d6755210Affected

LinuxLinux

2.6.23Affected
before 2.6.23Not affected
4.19.323 through 4.19.*Not affected
5.4.285 through 5.4.*Not affected
5.10.222 through 5.10.*Not affected
5.15.163 through 5.15.*Not affected
6.1.98 through 6.1.*Not affected
6.6.39 through 6.6.*Not affected
6.9.9 through 6.9.*Not affected
6.10 and laterNot affected

References

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