CVE intelligence

CVE-2024-42229

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Jul 30, 2024Sources checked Oct 3, 2026

4.1MEDIUMCVSS out of 10

What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2024-42229 and is rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 4.1. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

What to do next

Remediation and response

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CBL-Mariner Releases

Vendor-listed releases

5.15.164.1-1
6.6.43.1-7

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog

EPSS0.2%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability

Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field

Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships

Overview

What is CVE-2024-42229?

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.