Szczegóły CWE-591

CWE-591

Sensitive Data Storage in Improperly Locked Memory
2006-12-15
00h00 +00:00
Draft
2026-10-28
00h00 +00:00
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Nazwa: Sensitive Data Storage in Improperly Locked Memory

The product stores sensitive data in memory that is not locked, or that has been incorrectly locked.

Informacje ogólne

Szczegóły kontekstowe

Sposoby wprowadzenia

Implementation : The developer might use functions such as VirtualLock() or mlock(). On some systems, this does not guarantee that the page will not appear in the swap. See Background Details.

Odpowiednie platformy

Język

Klasa: Not Language-Specific (Undetermined)

Typowe konsekwencje

Zakres Wpływ Prawdopodobieństwo
ConfidentialityRead Application Data, Read Memory

Uwaga: The memory, including sensitive data, might be written to swap files on disk by the virtual memory manager, possibly making the data more accessible to adversaries.

Zaobserwowane przykłady

Odniesienia Opis

CVE-2024-38106

OS kernel stores sensitive data in improperly locked memory, allowing local users to gain privileges by winning a race condition

Potencjalne środki zaradcze

Phases : Architecture and Design
Identify data that needs to be protected from swapping and choose platform-appropriate protection mechanisms.
Phases : Implementation
When using potentially risky functions such as mlock() or VirtualLock(), check return values to ensure that locking operations are successful.

Uwagi dotyczące mapowania podatności

Uzasadnienie : This CWE entry is at the Variant level of abstraction, which is a preferred level of abstraction for mapping to the root causes of vulnerabilities.
Komentarz : Carefully read both the name and description to ensure that this mapping is an appropriate fit. Do not try to 'force' a mapping to a lower-level Base/Variant simply to comply with this preferred level of abstraction.

Zgłoszenie

Nazwa Organizacja Data Data wydania Version
CWE Community 2006-12-15 +00:00 2006-12-15 +00:00 Draft 5

Modyfikacje

Nazwa Organizacja Data Komentarz
Eric Dalci Cigital 2008-07-01 +00:00 updated Time_of_Introduction
CWE Content Team MITRE 2008-09-08 +00:00 updated Common_Consequences, Relationships, Other_Notes, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2008-11-24 +00:00 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2009-05-27 +00:00 updated Description, Other_Notes
CWE Content Team MITRE 2011-06-01 +00:00 updated Common_Consequences
CWE Content Team MITRE 2011-09-13 +00:00 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2012-05-11 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2014-07-30 +00:00 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2017-11-08 +00:00 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2020-02-24 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-01-31 +00:00 updated Description
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-04-27 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-06-29 +00:00 updated Mapping_Notes
CWE Content Team MITRE 2025-12-11 +00:00 updated Applicable_Platforms, Weakness_Ordinalities
CWE Content Team MITRE 2026-04-30 +00:00 updated Observed_Examples
CWE Content Team MITRE 2026-10-28 +00:00 updated Background_Details, Common_Consequences, Description, Modes_of_Introduction, Potential_Mitigations