CVE-2020-16166
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-16166
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-16166.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-16166
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2020-07-30T21:15:11.533Z
- Modified
- 2026-03-17T22:50:34.566635Z
- Severity
-
- 3.7 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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.
- References
-
- 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/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4526-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4525-1/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00047.html
- https://arxiv.org/pdf/2012.07432.pdf
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200814-0004/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00009.html
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f227e3ec3b5cad859ad15666874405e8c1bbc1d4
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f227e3ec3b5cad859ad15666874405e8c1bbc1d4
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c51f8f88d705e06bd696d7510aff22b33eb8e638
Affected packages
Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixedf227e3ec3b5cad859ad15666874405e8c1bbc1d4
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixedc51f8f88d705e06bd696d7510aff22b33eb8e638
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixedf227e3ec3b5cad859ad15666874405e8c1bbc1d4
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixedc51f8f88d705e06bd696d7510aff22b33eb8e638
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed
Database specific
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-16166.json"
unresolved_ranges
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