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Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.180-1

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 457171

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: staging: rtl8723bs: fix heap buffer
 overflow in rtw_cfg80211_set_wpa_ie() supplicant_ie is a 256-byte array in struct security_priv. The WPA
 and WPA2 IE copy paths use: memcpy(padapter->securitypriv.supplicant_ie, &pwpa[0], wpa_ielen + 2); where
 wpa_ielen is the raw IE length field (u8, 0-255). When a local user supplies a connect request via nl80211
 with a crafted WPA IE of length 255, wpa_ielen + 2 equals 257, overflowing the 256-byte buffer by one byte
 into the adjacent last_mic_err_time field. rtw_parse_wpa_ie() does not prevent this: its length
 consistency check compares *(wpa_ie+1) against (u8)(wpa_ie_len-2), which is (u8)(255) == 255 when
 wpa_ie_len = 257, so the check passes silently. Add explicit bounds checks for both the WPA and WPA2 paths
 before the memcpy, rejecting any IE whose total size (wpa_ielen + 2) exceeds the supplicant_ie buffer.
 (CVE-2026-64446)

Solution

Update the linux library and its related packages to version 6.1.180-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-64446

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 457171

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.19

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-2026-64446

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: 7/26/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/23/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-64446