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Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.147-1

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 465213

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: vsock: Fix transport_* TOCTOU
 Transport assignment may race with module unload. Protect new_transport from becoming a stale pointer.
 This also takes care of an insecure call in vsock_use_local_transport(); add a lockdep assert. BUG: unable
 to handle page fault for address: fffffbfff8056000 Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN RIP:
 0010:vsock_assign_transport+0x366/0x600 Call Trace: vsock_connect+0x59c/0xc40 __sys_connect+0xe8/0x100
 __x64_sys_connect+0x6e/0xc0 do_syscall_64+0x92/0x1c0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
 (CVE-2025-38461)

Solution

Update the linux library and its related packages to version 6.1.147-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-38461

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 465213

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.37

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-2025-38461

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: 2/12/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-38461