First published: Tue Jul 30 2024(Updated: )
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.
Credit: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Linux Linux kernel | <5.10.222 | |
Linux Linux kernel | >=5.11<5.15.163 | |
Linux Linux kernel | >=5.16<6.1.98 | |
Linux Linux kernel | >=6.2<6.6.39 | |
Linux Linux kernel | >=6.7<6.9.9 | |
debian/linux | 5.10.223-1 5.10.226-1 6.1.115-1 6.1.112-1 6.11.7-1 6.11.9-1 |
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