CVE-2024-42229

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

30/07/2024

Last modified:

03/11/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.10 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

4.10

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::		5.10.222 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.11 (including)	5.15.163 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.16 (including)	6.1.98 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.2 (including)	6.6.39 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.7 (including)	6.9.9 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2024-42229

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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