Echo: linux: security update to 6.12.25-1

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 462000

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: ksmbd: fix null pointer dereference in
alloc_preauth_hash() The Client send malformed smb2 negotiate request. ksmbd return error response.
Subsequently, the client can send smb2 session setup even thought conn->preauth_info is not allocated.
This patch add KSMBD_SESS_NEED_SETUP status of connection to ignore session setup request if smb2
negotiate phase is not complete. (CVE-2025-22037)

Solution

Update the linux library and its related packages to version 6.12.25-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-22037

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 462000

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/8/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.26

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-22037

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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: 4/16/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-22037