PT-2016-5009
CVE-2016-2085
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Published
2016-02-15
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Updated
2016-12-03
Description by
CVSS 3.1
5.5
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel versions prior to 4.5
Description
The issue concerns a timing side-channel attack that allows local users to forge MAC values. This is due to the evm verify hmac function in security/integrity/evm/evm main.c not properly copying data.
Recommendations
For versions prior to 4.5, update to version 4.5 or later to resolve the issue.
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