CVE-2016-2085
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Apr 27, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 27, 2016
Description
The evm_verify_hmac function in security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not properly copy data, which makes it easier for local users to forge MAC values via a timing side-channel attack.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- USN-2949-1vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1324867
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2085
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=613317bd212c585c20796c10afe5daaa95d4b0a1
- USN-2947-3vendor-advisory
- USN-2947-2vendor-advisory
- https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-2085.html
- USN-2947-1vendor-advisory
- USN-2946-2vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/613317bd212c585c20796c10afe5daaa95d4b0a1
- USN-2948-1vendor-advisory
- USN-2946-1vendor-advisory
- USN-2948-2vendor-advisory
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