Improper Clearing of Heap Memory Before Release ('Heap Inspection') Affecting kernel-core package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL9-KERNELCORE-7662790
- published 9 Aug 2024
- disclosed 30 Jul 2024
Introduced: 30 Jul 2024
CVE-2024-42229 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:9 kernel-core.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-core package and not the kernel-core package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-42229
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23e4099bdc3c8381992f9eb975c79196d6755210
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28c8d274848feba552e95c5c2a7e3cfe8f15c534
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71dd428615375e36523f4d4f7685ddd54113646d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9db8c299a521813630fcb4154298cb60c37f3133
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b502d4a08875ea2b4ea5d5b28dc7c991c8b90cfb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f58679996a831754a356974376f248aa0af2eb8e