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Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.170-1

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 458975

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: iwlwifi: mvm: fix potential out-
 of-bounds read in iwl_mvm_nd_match_info_handler() The memcpy function assumes the dynamic array
 notif->matches is at least as large as the number of bytes to copy. Otherwise, results->matches may
 contain unwanted data. To guarantee safety, extend the validation in one of the checks to ensure
 sufficient packet length. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
 (CVE-2026-31779)

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-2026-31779

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 458975

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.64

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-31779

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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: 5/2/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/23/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-31779