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Echo: linux: security update to 6.12.43-1

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 460600

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: exfat: add cluster chain loop check
 for dir An infinite loop may occur if the following conditions occur due to file system corruption. (1)
 Condition for exfat_count_dir_entries() to loop infinitely. - The cluster chain includes a loop. - There
 is no UNUSED entry in the cluster chain. (2) Condition for exfat_create_upcase_table() to loop infinitely.
 - The cluster chain of the root directory includes a loop. - There are no UNUSED entry and up-case table
 entry in the cluster chain of the root directory. (3) Condition for exfat_load_bitmap() to loop
 infinitely. - The cluster chain of the root directory includes a loop. - There are no UNUSED entry and
 bitmap entry in the cluster chain of the root directory. (4) Condition for exfat_find_dir_entry() to loop
 infinitely. - The cluster chain includes a loop. - The unused directory entries were exhausted by some
 operation. (5) Condition for exfat_check_dir_empty() to loop infinitely. - The cluster chain includes a
 loop. - The unused directory entries were exhausted by some operation. - All files and sub-directories
 under the directory are deleted. This commit adds checks to break the above infinite loop.
 (CVE-2025-38692)

Solution

Update the linux library and its related packages to version 6.12.43-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-38692

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 460600

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.29

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-2025-38692

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: 9/4/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-38692