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Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.170-1

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 459583

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: drm/vmwgfx: Return the correct value
 in vmw_translate_ptr functions Before the referenced fixes these functions used a lookup function that
 returned a pointer. This was changed to another lookup function that returned an error code with the
 pointer becoming an out parameter. The error path when the lookup failed was not changed to reflect this
 change and the code continued to return the PTR_ERR of the now uninitialized pointer. This could cause the
 vmw_translate_ptr functions to return success when they actually failed causing further uninitialized and
 OOB accesses. (CVE-2026-23317)

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-2026-23317

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 459583

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 97.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-23317

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 5/1/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-23317