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Echo: linux: security update to 6.9.9-1

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 457384

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: s390/pkey: Use kfree_sensitive() to
 fix Coccinelle warnings Replace memzero_explicit() and kfree() with kfree_sensitive() to fix warnings
 reported by Coccinelle: WARNING opportunity for kfree_sensitive/kvfree_sensitive (line 1506) WARNING
 opportunity for kfree_sensitive/kvfree_sensitive (line 1643) WARNING opportunity for
 kfree_sensitive/kvfree_sensitive (line 1770) (CVE-2024-42158)

Solution

Update the linux library and its related packages to version 6.9.9-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2024-42158

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 457384

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 95.09

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-42158

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.1

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

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: 7/30/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-42158