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Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.147-1

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 458383

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: wifi: carl9170: do not ping device
 which has failed to load firmware Syzkaller reports [1, 2] crashes caused by an attempts to ping the
 device which has failed to load firmware. Since such a device doesn't pass 'ieee80211_register_hw()', an
 internal workqueue managed by 'ieee80211_queue_work()' is not yet created and an attempt to queue work on
 it causes null-ptr-deref. [1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=9a4aec827829942045ff [2]
 https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=0d8afba53e8fb2633217 (CVE-2025-38420)

Solution

Update the linux library and its related packages to version 6.1.147-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-38420

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 458383

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

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-2025-38420

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: 9/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/10/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-38420