How severe is CVE-2024-42229?

This vulnerability has a severity rating of MEDIUM with a CVSS score of 4.1 out of 10.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2024-42229?

This is classified as NVD-CWE-Other, which is a common weakness in software security.

CVE-2024-42229 - MEDIUM Severity | CVSS 4.1

Vulnerability 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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