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Exploitability
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User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
High
Attack Vector
Local
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CVE-2024-42229

Disclosure Date: July 30, 2024
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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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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
4.1 Medium
Impact Score:
3.6
Exploitability Score:
0.5
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

General Information

Vendors

  • linux

Products

  • linux kernel
Technical Analysis