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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.1

CVE-2024-42229 json

crypto: aead,cipher - zeroize key buffer after use

published 2024-07-30 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-39874

cvss
4.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 13%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 4.19.323, 5.4.285, 5.10.222, 5.15.163, 6.1.98, 6.6.39, 6.9.9, 6.10
  • linux Debian 12 6.1.98-1
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13 6.9.9-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42229

  • linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-200.220
  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-121.131
  • linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-48.48
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1135.145
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1069.75
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1018.20
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1139.148
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1068.76

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42229

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-rt SLE Micro 5.4, SLE Micro 5.3 5.14.21-150400.15.115.1
  • kernel-source-rt SLE Micro 5.4, SLE Micro 5.3 5.14.21-150400.15.115.1
  • kernel-64kb SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1
  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS +3 more 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1
  • kernel-source SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS +3 more 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1
  • kernel-default SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.4 +7 more 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1
  • kernel-zfcpdump SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, Manager Server 4.3 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1
  • kernel-obs-build SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS +1 more 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:1183-1SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1SUSE-SU-2025:20047-1SUSE-SU-2025:20044-1SUSE-SU-2025:0035-1SUSE-SU-2024:4367-1

  • kernel CBL-Mariner 2.0 5.15.164.1-1
  • kernel Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.43.1-7

azure linux advisories AZL-47100AZL-47204

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-42229 updated cvss 4.1

kernel: crypto: aead,cipher - zeroize key buffer after use

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-25-226-07 updated

Siemens Third-Party Components in SINEC OS

  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM RST2428P (6GK6242-6PA00) Siemens SCALANCE XC-300/XR-300/XC-400/XR-500WG/XR-500 family Siemens SCALANCE XCM-/XRM-/XCH-/XRH-300 family
    not affected

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

cisa ICSA-25-226-15 updated cvss 4.1

Siemens SINEC OS

  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM RST2428P (6GK6242-6PA00) < 3.1 Siemens SCALANCE XCM-/XRM-/XCH-/XRH-300 family < 3.1
    affected: fixed in V3.1 support.industry.siemens.com
  • Siemens SCALANCE XC-300/XR-300/XC-400/XR-500WG/XR-500 family
    not affected

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 4.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Technology feeds

References

Sources

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