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Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.176-1

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 455137

Description

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

 - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: nl80211: reject oversized EMA
 RNR lists nl80211_parse_rnr_elems() stores the parsed element count in a u8-backed cfg80211_rnr_elems::cnt
 field and uses that count to size the flexible array allocation. Reject nested NL80211_ATTR_EMA_RNR_ELEMS
 input once the count reaches 255, before incrementing it again. This keeps the parser aligned with the
 data structure it fills and matches the existing bound check used by nl80211_parse_mbssid_elems().
 (CVE-2026-53182)

Solution

Update the linux library and its related packages to version 6.1.176-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-53182

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 455137

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.09

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-53182

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/25/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/25/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-53182