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CVE-2020-16166 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:3.7 LOWVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00009.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00047.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2012.07432.pdf	CVE	Technical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f227e3ec3b5cad859ad15666874405e8c1bbc1d4	CVE	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f227e3ec3b5cad859ad15666874405e8c1bbc1d4	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c51f8f88d705e06bd696d7510aff22b33eb8e638	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AAPTLPAEKVAJYJ4LHN7VH4CN2W75R2YW/	CVE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MFBCLQWJI5I4G25TVJNLXLAXJ4MERQNW/	CVE
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200814-0004/	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4525-1/	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4526-1/	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html	CVE	PatchThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00009.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00047.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2012.07432.pdf	[email protected]	Technical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f227e3ec3b5cad859ad15666874405e8c1bbc1d4	[email protected]	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f227e3ec3b5cad859ad15666874405e8c1bbc1d4	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c51f8f88d705e06bd696d7510aff22b33eb8e638	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AAPTLPAEKVAJYJ4LHN7VH4CN2W75R2YW/	[email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MFBCLQWJI5I4G25TVJNLXLAXJ4MERQNW/	[email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200814-0004/	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4525-1/	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4526-1/	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html	[email protected]	PatchThird Party Advisory

see all 30 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-330	Use of Insufficiently Random Values	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux linux kernel	<= 5.7.11
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
opensuse leap	15.1 15.2
CPE cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject fedora	31 32
CPE cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	9.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux	14.04 16.04 18.04 20.04
CPE cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::esm::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04::::lts::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04::::lts::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
netapp active iq unified manager	>= 9.5
CPE cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager::::::vmware_vsphere::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
netapp cloud volumes ontap mediator	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_volumes_ontap_mediator:-:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
netapp e-series santricity os controller	>= 11.0.0, <= 11.60.3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:netapp:e-series_santricity_os_controller:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
netapp hci bootstrap os	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:a:netapp:hci_bootstrap_os:-:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
netapp hci management node	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:a:netapp:hci_management_node:-:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
netapp solidfire	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire:-:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
netapp steelstore cloud integrated storage	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:a:netapp:steelstore_cloud_integrated_storage:-:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
netapp storagegrid	<= 9.0.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:netapp:storagegrid:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
netapp h410c firmware	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h410c_firmware:-:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
netapp h410c	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h410c:-:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
oracle sd-wan edge	8.2
CPE cpe:2.3:a:oracle:sd-wan_edge:8.2:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

20 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 26, 2022	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Jul 21, 2021	CWE Remap	[email protected]
Jun 14, 2021	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 23, 2020	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Dec 22, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 2, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 28, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 25, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 25, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 21, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 18, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 14, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 11, 2020	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Aug 11, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 6, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 5, 2020	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

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