Echo: linux: security update to 6.12.3-1

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 459579

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: f2fs: fix to do sanity check on node
blkaddr in truncate_node() syzbot reports a f2fs bug as below: ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel
BUG at fs/f2fs/segment.c:2534! RIP: 0010:f2fs_invalidate_blocks+0x35f/0x370 fs/f2fs/segment.c:2534 Call
Trace: truncate_node+0x1ae/0x8c0 fs/f2fs/node.c:909 f2fs_remove_inode_page+0x5c2/0x870 fs/f2fs/node.c:1288
f2fs_evict_inode+0x879/0x15c0 fs/f2fs/inode.c:856 evict+0x4e8/0x9b0 fs/inode.c:723
f2fs_handle_failed_inode+0x271/0x2e0 fs/f2fs/inode.c:986 f2fs_create+0x357/0x530 fs/f2fs/namei.c:394
lookup_open fs/namei.c:3595 [inline] open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:3694 [inline] path_openat+0x1c03/0x3590
fs/namei.c:3930 do_filp_open+0x235/0x490 fs/namei.c:3960 do_sys_openat2+0x13e/0x1d0 fs/open.c:1415
do_sys_open fs/open.c:1430 [inline] __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1446 [inline] __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1441
[inline] __x64_sys_openat+0x247/0x2a0 fs/open.c:1441 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP:
0010:f2fs_invalidate_blocks+0x35f/0x370 fs/f2fs/segment.c:2534 The root cause is: on a fuzzed image,
blkaddr in nat entry may be corrupted, then it will cause system panic when using it in
f2fs_invalidate_blocks(), to avoid this, let's add sanity check on nat blkaddr in truncate_node().
(CVE-2024-56692)

Solution

Update the linux library and its related packages to version 6.12.3-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2024-56692

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 459579

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.26

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-2024-56692

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: 12/28/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-56692