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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.
- Products
- linux
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.7.17-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-16166
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 13:02 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16166
linux
Fixed versions: 5.7.17-1
linux
Fixed versions: 5.7.17-1
linux
Fixed versions: 5.7.17-1
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-26T12:01:30.825332619Z",
"provider": "osv",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 451700,
"published_at": "2020-07-30T21:15:11.533+00:00"
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