Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.137-1

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 455186

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: qibfs: fix _another_ leak failure to
allocate inode => leaked dentry... this one had been there since the initial merge; to be fair, if we are
that far OOM, the odds of failing at that particular allocation are low... (CVE-2025-37983)

Solution

Update the linux library and its related packages to version 6.1.137-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-37983

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 455186

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-2025-37983

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: 5/13/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-37983