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CVE-2016-2085 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=613317bd212c585c20796c10afe5daaa95d4b0a1	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1324867	CVE
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/613317bd212c585c20796c10afe5daaa95d4b0a1	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-2085.html	CVE
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2085	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2946-1	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2946-2	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-1	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-2	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-3	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-1	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-2	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2949-1	CVE
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=613317bd212c585c20796c10afe5daaa95d4b0a1	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1324867	[email protected]
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/613317bd212c585c20796c10afe5daaa95d4b0a1	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-2085.html	[email protected]
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2085	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2946-1	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2946-2	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-1	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-2	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-3	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-1	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-2	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2949-1	[email protected]

see all 26 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-19	Data Processing Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux linux kernel	<= 4.4.8
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 3, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 4, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
May 3, 2016	Initial Analysis	[email protected]