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Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.180-1

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 455184

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: USB: legousbtower: fix use-after-free
 on disconnect race mutex_unlock() may access the mutex structure after releasing the lock and therefore
 cannot be used to manage lifetime of objects directly (unlike spinlocks and refcounts). [1][2] Use a kref
 to release the driver data to avoid use-after-free in mutex_unlock() when release() races with
 disconnect(). [1] a51749ab34d9 ("locking/mutex: Document that mutex_unlock() is non-atomic") [2]
 2b9d9e0a9ba0 ("locking/mutex: Clarify that mutex_unlock(), and most other sleeping locks, can still use
 the lock object after it's unlocked") (CVE-2026-64340)

Solution

Update the linux library and its related packages to version 6.1.180-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-64340

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 455184

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.27

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-2026-64340

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: 7/26/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/23/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-64340