medium5.5
CVE-2016-2085
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 u…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | through 4.4.8 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=613317bd212c585c20796c10afe5daaa95d4b0a1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2946-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2946-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2949-1
- 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
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2085
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=613317bd212c585c20796c10afe5daaa95d4b0a1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2946-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2946-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2949-1
- 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