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Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.164-1

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 459663

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: HID: i2c-hid: fix potential buffer
 overflow in i2c_hid_get_report() `i2c_hid_xfer` is used to read `recv_len + sizeof(__le16)` bytes of data
 into `ihid->rawbuf`. The former can come from the userspace in the hidraw driver and is only bounded by
 HID_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE(16384) by default (unless we also set `max_buffer_size` field of `struct
 hid_ll_driver` which we do not). The latter has size determined at runtime by the maximum size of
 different report types you could receive on any particular device and can be a much smaller value. Fix
 this by truncating `recv_len` to `ihid->bufsize - sizeof(__le16)`. The impact is low since access to
 hidraw devices requires root. (CVE-2026-23178)

Solution

Update the linux library and its related packages to version 6.1.164-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-23178

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 459663

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.5

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-2026-23178

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: 2/15/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/14/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-23178