Echo: linux: security update to 6.12.3-1

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 463741

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: smb: Initialize cfid->tcon before
performing network ops Avoid leaking a tcon ref when a lease break races with opening the cached
directory. Processing the leak break might take a reference to the tcon in cached_dir_lease_break() and
then fail to release the ref in cached_dir_offload_close, since cfid->tcon is still NULL. (CVE-2024-56729)

Solution

Update the linux library and its related packages to version 6.12.3-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2024-56729

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 463741

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.8

Temporal Score: 2.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-56729

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/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: 9/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/29/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-56729