Updated: 2026-02-27 03:35:31.529945
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.
| Links | NIST | CIRCL | RHEL | Ubuntu |
| Severity | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| CVSS Version 2.x | 0.0 | |
| CVSS Version 3.x | MEDIUM | 4.1 |
| OS name | Project name | Version | Score | Severity | Status | Errata | Last updated | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU | kernel | 5.14.0 | 4.1 | MEDIUM | Ignored | 2024-08-01 05:24:04 | This issue is a zeroization hardening gap in the kernel crypto API: secrets could linger in freed ke... | |
| CentOS 6 ELS | kernel | 2.6.32 | 4.1 | MEDIUM | Ignored | 2024-08-01 05:24:05 | Ignored due to low severity | |
| CentOS 7 ELS | kernel | 3.10.0 | 4.1 | MEDIUM | Ignored | 2024-08-01 05:24:03 | Ignored due to low severity | |
| CentOS 8.4 ELS | kernel | 4.18.0 | 4.1 | MEDIUM | Ignored | 2024-08-01 05:24:04 | Ignored due to low severity | |
| CentOS 8.5 ELS | kernel | 4.18.0 | 4.1 | MEDIUM | Ignored | 2024-08-01 05:24:04 | Ignored due to low severity | |
| CentOS Stream 8 ELS | kernel | 4.18.0 | 4.1 | MEDIUM | Ignored | 2024-08-01 05:24:03 | Ignored due to low severity | |
| CloudLinux 6 ELS | kernel | 2.6.32 | 4.1 | MEDIUM | Ignored | 2024-08-01 05:24:05 | Ignored due to low severity | |
| CloudLinux 7 ELS | kernel | 3.10.0 | 4.1 | MEDIUM | Ignored | 2024-08-01 05:24:03 | Ignored due to low severity | |
| Oracle Linux 6 ELS | kernel | 2.6.32 | 4.1 | MEDIUM | Ignored | 2024-08-01 05:24:03 | Ignored due to low severity | |
| Oracle Linux 7 ELS | kernel | 3.10.0 | 4.1 | MEDIUM | Ignored | 2024-12-03 12:09:40 | Ignored due to low severity |