Covert Timing Channel Affecting kernel-rt-debug package, versions *
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EPSS
0.04% (12th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELRTDEBUG-1345965
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 11 Feb 2016
Introduced: 11 Feb 2016
CVE-2016-2085 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 kernel-rt-debug.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-debug package and not the kernel-rt-debug package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=613317bd212c585c20796c10afe5daaa95d4b0a1
- 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
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2085
- 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
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