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Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.164-1

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 464302

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: clk: mediatek: fix of_iomap memory
 leak Smatch reports: drivers/clk/mediatek/clk-mtk.c:583 mtk_clk_simple_probe() warn: 'base' from
 of_iomap() not released on lines: 496. This problem was also found in linux-next. In
 mtk_clk_simple_probe(), base is not released when handling errors if clk_data is not existed, which may
 cause a leak. So free_base should be added here to release base. (CVE-2023-53424)

Solution

Update the linux library and its related packages to version 6.1.164-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2023-53424

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 464302

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.15

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-2023-53424

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: 10/22/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/18/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-53424