vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2024-42229: ELSA-2024-12618: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:M/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
Jul 30, 2024
Added
Oct 16, 2024
Modified
Jan 23, 2025

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.

Solution

oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek
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