Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.164-1

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 457547

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: riscv: uprobes: Add missing fence.i
after building the XOL buffer The XOL (execute out-of-line) buffer is used to single-step the replaced
instruction(s) for uprobes. The RISC-V port was missing a proper fence.i (i$ flushing) after constructing
the XOL buffer, which can result in incorrect execution of stale/broken instructions. This was found
running the BPF selftests "test_progs: uprobe_autoattach, attach_probe" on the Spacemit K1/X60, where the
uprobes tests randomly blew up. (CVE-2025-37822)

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-2025-37822

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 457547

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.24

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-2025-37822

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: 9/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/8/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-37822