CVE-2020-16166

kernel: information exposure in drivers/char/random.c and kernel/time/timer.c

Severity Score

3.7

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

El kernel de Linux versiones hasta 5.7.11, permite a atacantes remotos realizar observaciones que ayudan a obtener información confidencial sobre el estado interno de la red RNG, también se conoce como CID-f227e3ec3b5c. Esto está relacionado con los archivos drivers/char/random.c y kernel/time/timer.c

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. The generation of the device ID from the network RNG internal state is predictable. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2020-07-30 CVE Reserved
2020-07-30 CVE Published
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-330: Use of Insufficiently Random Values

CAPEC

References (17)

URL	Tag	Source
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2012.07432.pdf	Technical Description
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html	Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html	Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html	Mailing List
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200814-0004	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f227e3ec3b5cad859ad15666874405e8c1bbc1d4	2023-11-07
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c51f8f88d705e06bd696d7510aff22b33eb8e638	2023-11-07
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f227e3ec3b5cad859ad15666874405e8c1bbc1d4	2023-11-07
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html	2023-11-07

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00009.html	2023-11-07
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00047.html	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AAPTLPAEKVAJYJ4LHN7VH4CN2W75R2YW	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MFBCLQWJI5I4G25TVJNLXLAXJ4MERQNW	2023-11-07
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4525-1	2023-11-07
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4526-1	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16166	2021-01-19
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1865751	2021-01-19

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"	H410c Firmware Search vendor "Netapp" for product "H410c Firmware"	-	-	Affected	in	Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"	H410c Search vendor "Netapp" for product "H410c"	-	-	Safe
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				<= 5.7.11 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " <= 5.7.11"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap"				15.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "15.1"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap"				15.2 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "15.2"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				31 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "31"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				32 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "32"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				9.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "9.0"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04"		esm		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				16.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "16.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				18.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "18.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				20.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "20.04"		lts		Affected
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"		Active Iq Unified Manager Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Active Iq Unified Manager"				>= 9.5 Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Active Iq Unified Manager" and version " >= 9.5"		vmware_vsphere		Affected
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"		Cloud Volumes Ontap Mediator Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Cloud Volumes Ontap Mediator"				-		-		Affected
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"		E-series Santricity Os Controller Search vendor "Netapp" for product "E-series Santricity Os Controller"				>= 11.0.0 <= 11.60.3 Search vendor "Netapp" for product "E-series Santricity Os Controller" and version " >= 11.0.0 <= 11.60.3"		-		Affected
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"		Hci Bootstrap Os Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Hci Bootstrap Os"				-		-		Affected
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"		Hci Management Node Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Hci Management Node"				-		-		Affected
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"		Solidfire Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Solidfire"				-		-		Affected
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"		Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage"				-		-		Affected
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"		Storagegrid Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Storagegrid"				<= 9.0.4 Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Storagegrid" and version " <= 9.0.4"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Sd-wan Edge Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Sd-wan Edge"				8.2 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Sd-wan Edge" and version "8.2"		-		Affected