Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 27, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-2085
CVE-2016-2085
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.
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References
13- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/613317bd212c585c20796c10afe5daaa95d4b0a1nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2946-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2946-2nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-2nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-3nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-2nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2949-1nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-2085.htmlnvd
- security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2085nvd
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