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CVE-2024-42229

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.1 Published: 2024-07-30 Modified: 2026-06-17

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.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References