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Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.147-1

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 465417

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: platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Avoid
 buffer overflow in current_password_store() If the 'buf' array received from the user contains an empty
 string, the 'length' variable will be zero. Accessing the 'buf' array element with index 'length - 1' will
 result in a buffer overflow. Add a check for an empty string. Found by Linux Verification Center
 (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. (CVE-2025-38077)

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-2025-38077

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 465417

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.4

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-2025-38077

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: 9/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/12/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-38077