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Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.162-1

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 458558

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: phy: stm32-usphyc: Fix off by one in
 probe() The "index" variable is used as an index into the usbphyc->phys[] array which has usbphyc->nphys
 elements. So if it is equal to usbphyc->nphys then it is one element out of bounds. The "index" comes from
 the device tree so it's data that we trust and it's unlikely to be wrong, however it's obviously still
 worth fixing the bug. Change the > to >=. (CVE-2025-71196)

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-2025-71196

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 458558

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.53

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-2025-71196

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: 2/15/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-71196