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Google: sys-kernel/lakitu-kernel-6_1: security update to 18137.0.0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 450607

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - A heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Performance Events system component can be
 exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. A perf_event's read_size can overflow, leading to an heap
 out-of-bounds increment or write in perf_read_group(). We recommend upgrading past commit
 382c27f4ed28f803b1f1473ac2d8db0afc795a1b. (CVE-2023-6931)

Solution

Update the sys-kernel/lakitu-kernel-6_1 library and its related packages to version 18137.0.0 or later.

See Also

https://storage.googleapis.com/cos-oval-vulnerability-feed/cos-113.oval.xml.tar.gz

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 450607

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.6

Percentile: 98.48

Vendor

Vendor Severity: HIGH

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-6931

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-6931