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Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.162-1

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 457536

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 out-of-bounds
 read in OnBeacon ESR IE parsing The Extended Supported Rates (ESR) IE handling in OnBeacon accessed *(p +
 1 + ielen) and *(p + 2 + ielen) without verifying that these offsets lie within the received frame buffer.
 A malformed beacon with an ESR IE positioned at the end of the buffer could cause an out-of-bounds read,
 potentially triggering a kernel panic. Add a boundary check to ensure that the ESR IE body and the
 subsequent bytes are within the limits of the frame before attempting to access them. This prevents OOB
 reads caused by malformed beacon frames. (CVE-2025-68254)

Solution

Update the linux library and its related packages to version 6.1.162-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-68254

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 457536

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.5

Percentile: 51.86

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-68254

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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: 12/17/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/16/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-68254