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Echo: linux: security update to 6.12.37-1

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 458437

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: spi: fsl-qspi: use devm function
 instead of driver remove Driver use devm APIs to manage clk/irq/resources and register the spi controller,
 but the legacy remove function will be called first during device detach and trigger kernel panic. Drop
 the remove function and use devm_add_action_or_reset() for driver cleanup to ensure the release sequence.
 Trigger kernel panic on i.MX8MQ by echo 30bb0000.spi >/sys/bus/platform/drivers/fsl-quadspi/unbind
 (CVE-2025-37842)

Solution

Update the linux library and its related packages to version 6.12.37-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-37842

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 458437

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-2025-37842

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: 5/9/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-37842