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Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.170-1

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 463660

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: wifi: wilc1000: fix u8 overflow in
 SSID scan buffer size calculation The variable valuesize is declared as u8 but accumulates the total
 length of all SSIDs to scan. Each SSID contributes up to 33 bytes (IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN + 1), and with
 WILC_MAX_NUM_PROBED_SSID (10) SSIDs the total can reach 330, which wraps around to 74 when stored in a u8.
 This causes kmalloc to allocate only 75 bytes while the subsequent memcpy writes up to 331 bytes into the
 buffer, resulting in a 256-byte heap buffer overflow. Widen valuesize from u8 to u32 to accommodate the
 full range. (CVE-2026-31780)

Solution

Update the linux library and its related packages to version 6.1.170-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-31780

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 463660

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.14

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-31780

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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: 5/2/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/23/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-31780