Use of Insufficiently Random Values Affecting kernel-modules package, versions <0:4.18.0-240.8.1.el8_3


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.43% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-KERNELMODULES-2575174
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed30 Jul 2020

Introduced: 30 Jul 2020

CVE-2020-16166  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-330  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 kernel-modules to version 0:4.18.0-240.8.1.el8_3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-5473.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-modules package and not the kernel-modules package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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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