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Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.153-1

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 459405

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: gve: prevent ethtool ops after
 shutdown A crash can occur if an ethtool operation is invoked after shutdown() is called. shutdown() is
 invoked during system shutdown to stop DMA operations without performing expensive deallocations. It is
 discouraged to unregister the netdev in this path, so the device may still be visible to userspace and
 kernel helpers. In gve, shutdown() tears down most internal data structures. If an ethtool operation is
 dispatched after shutdown(), it will dereference freed or NULL pointers, leading to a kernel panic. While
 graceful shutdown normally quiesces userspace before invoking the reboot syscall, forced shutdowns (as
 observed on GCP VMs) can still trigger this path. Fix by calling netif_device_detach() in shutdown(). This
 marks the device as detached so the ethtool ioctl handler will skip dispatching operations to the driver.
 (CVE-2025-38735)

Solution

Update the linux library and its related packages to version 6.1.153-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-38735

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 459405

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.7

Percentile: 96.78

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-2025-38735

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: 9/5/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-38735