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Red Hat: CVE-2020-16166: information exposure in drivers/char/random.c and kernel/time/timer.c (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2020-16166: information exposure in drivers/char/random.c and kernel/time/timer.c (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
03/13/2024

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)

  • redhat-upgrade-kernel
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

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