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CVE-2020-16166
The Linux kernel through 5.7.11 allows remote attackers to make...
Vulnerability Description
The Linux kernel through 5.7.11 allows remote attackers to make observations that help to obtain sensitive information about the internal state of the network RNG, aka CID-f227e3ec3b5c. This is related to drivers/char/random.c and kernel/time/timer.c.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f227e3ec3b5cad859ad15666874405e8c1bbc1d4
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f227e3ec3b5cad859ad15666874405e8c1bbc1d4
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00009.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MFBCLQWJI5I4G25TVJNLXLAXJ4MERQNW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AAPTLPAEKVAJYJ4LHN7VH4CN2W75R2YW/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00047.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4526-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4525-1/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200814-0004/
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c51f8f88d705e06bd696d7510aff22b33eb8e638
- https://arxiv.org/pdf/2012.07432.pdf
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
linux kernel, leap, fedora, debian linux, ubuntu linux, active iq unified manager, cloud volumes ontap mediator, e-series santricity os controller, hci bootstrap os, hci management node, solidfire, steelstore cloud integrated storage, storagegrid, h410c firmware, sd-wan edge
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 15.1, 15.2, 31, 32, 9.0, 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 20.04, 9.5, 11.0.0, 8.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 30th, 2020
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.