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Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.176-1

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 461888

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: i2c: qcom-cci: Fix NULL pointer
 dereference in cci_remove() On all modern platforms Qualcomm CCI controller provides two I2C masters, and
 on particular boards only one I2C master may be initialized, and in such cases the device unbinding or
 driver removal causes a NULL pointer dereference, because cci_halt() is called for all two I2C masters,
 but a completion is initialized only for the single enabled master: % rmmod i2c-qcom-cci Unable to handle
 kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000 <snip> Call trace:
 __wait_for_common+0x194/0x1a8 (P) wait_for_completion_timeout+0x20/0x2c cci_remove+0xc4/0x138
 [i2c_qcom_cci] platform_remove+0x20/0x30 device_remove+0x4c/0x80
 device_release_driver_internal+0x1c8/0x224 driver_detach+0x50/0x98 bus_remove_driver+0x6c/0xbc
 driver_unregister+0x30/0x60 platform_driver_unregister+0x14/0x20 qcom_cci_driver_exit+0x18/0x1008
 [i2c_qcom_cci] .... (CVE-2026-53339)

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-2026-53339

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 461888

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.75

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-2026-53339

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: 7/2/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/1/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-53339