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Echo: linux: security update to 6.12.3-1

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 455176

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: vfio/mlx5: Fix an unwind issue in
 mlx5vf_add_migration_pages() Fix an unwind issue in mlx5vf_add_migration_pages(). If a set of pages is
 allocated but fails to be added to the SG table, they need to be freed to prevent a memory leak. Any pages
 successfully added to the SG table will be freed as part of mlx5vf_free_data_buffer(). (CVE-2024-56742)

Solution

Update the linux library and its related packages to version 6.12.3-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2024-56742

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 455176

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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-56742

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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: 9/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/29/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-56742