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CentOS Linux: CVE-2020-16166: Important: kernel-alt security update (Multiple Advisories)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2020-16166: Important: kernel-alt security update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
07/30/2020
Created
10/20/2020
Added
10/20/2020
Modified
05/25/2023

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.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-kernel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-rt

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