CVE-2016-2085

 

Published at: - 27-04-2016 07:59

Last modified: - 21-09-2022 08:44

Total changes: - 2

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.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

 

Verification logic

 

Reference

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1324867
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/613317bd212c585c20796c10afe5daaa95d4b0a1
• https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-2085.html
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=613317bd212c585c20796c10afe5daaa95d4b0a1
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2085
• USN-2949-1-
• USN-2946-2-
• USN-2947-2-
• USN-2946-1-
• USN-2947-3-
• USN-2948-2-
• USN-2947-1-
• USN-2948-1-

 

Keywords

NVD

 

CVE-2016-2085

 

CVE

 

Common vulnerabilities & exposures

 

CVSS

 

Common vulnerability scoring system

 

Security

 

Vulnerabilities

 

Exposures