Security Advisory

CVE-2016-2085

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2016-04-27 17:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-05 23:17:50
Assigner mitre
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

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.