CVE-2016-2085

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.

This issue does not affect the Linux kernels as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4,5 and 6.

This issue affects the Linux kernels as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and kernel-rt packages and does not plan to be addressed in a future update.

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