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Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.164-1

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 457308

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: nvmet-tcp: add bounds checks in
 nvmet_tcp_build_pdu_iovec nvmet_tcp_build_pdu_iovec() could walk past cmd->req.sg when a PDU length or
 offset exceeds sg_cnt and then use bogus sg->length/offset values, leading to _copy_to_iter() GPF/KASAN.
 Guard sg_idx, remaining entries, and sg->length/offset before building the bvec. (CVE-2026-23112)

Solution

Update the linux library and its related packages to version 6.1.164-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-23112

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 457308

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 97.08

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-23112

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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: 2/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/13/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-23112