gsd-2020-16166
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:21
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.
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Aliases
CVE-2020-16166


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         lastModifiedDate: "2022-04-26T17:06Z",
         publishedDate: "2020-07-30T21:15Z",
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