CVE-2024-42229 crypto: aead,cipher - zeroize key buffer after use

2024-07-3007:47:09

Linux

www.cve.org

linux kernel

crypto

vulnerability

EPSS

Percentile

10.7%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

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