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Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.176-1

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 461799

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: ocfs2: split transactions in dio
 completion to avoid credit exhaustion During ocfs2 dio operations, JBD2 may report warnings via following
 call trace: ocfs2_dio_end_io_write ocfs2_mark_extent_written ocfs2_change_extent_flag ocfs2_split_extent
 ocfs2_try_to_merge_extent ocfs2_extend_rotate_transaction ocfs2_extend_trans jbd2__journal_restart
 start_this_handle output: JBD2: kworker/6:2 wants too many credits credits:5450 rsv_credits:0 max:5449 To
 prevent exceeding the credits limit, modify ocfs2_dio_end_io_write() to handle extents in a batch of
 transaction. Additionally, relocate ocfs2_del_inode_from_orphan(). The orphan inode should only be removed
 from the orphan list after the extent tree update is complete. This ensures that if a crash occurs in the
 middle of extent tree updates, we won't leave stale blocks beyond EOF. This patch also changes the logic
 for updating the inode size and removing orphan, making it similar to ext4_dio_write_end_io(). Both
 operations are performed only when everything looks good. Finally, thanks to Jans and Joseph for providing
 the bug fix prototype and suggestions. (CVE-2026-46080)

Solution

Update the linux library and its related packages to version 6.1.176-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-46080

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 461799

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 93.84

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-2026-46080

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: 5/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-46080