CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.1. It affects Linux.
CVE
CVE-2024-42229
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.1
EPSS
0.23%
Linux
Original NVD 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.
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