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Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.170-1

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 457771

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: net: usb: kaweth: validate USB
 endpoints The kaweth driver should validate that the device it is probing has the proper number and types
 of USB endpoints it is expecting before it binds to it. If a malicious device were to not have the same
 urbs the driver will crash later on when it blindly accesses these endpoints. (CVE-2026-23312)

Solution

Update the linux library and its related packages to version 6.1.170-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-23312

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 457771

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.71

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-23312

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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: 5/1/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-23312