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Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.176-1

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 462364

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: btrfs: fix double free in
 create_space_info_sub_group() error path When kobject_init_and_add() fails, the call chain is:
 create_space_info_sub_group() -> btrfs_sysfs_add_space_info_type() -> kobject_init_and_add() -> failure ->
 kobject_put(&sub_group->kobj) -> space_info_release() -> kfree(sub_group) Then control returns to
 create_space_info_sub_group(), where: btrfs_sysfs_add_space_info_type() returns error -> kfree(sub_group)
 Thus, sub_group is freed twice. Keep parent->sub_group[index] = NULL for the failure path, but after
 btrfs_sysfs_add_space_info_type() has called kobject_put(), let the kobject release callback handle the
 cleanup. (CVE-2026-46164)

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-2026-46164

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 462364

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.95

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-46164

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/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: 5/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/28/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-46164