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Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.159-1

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 455236

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: pmdomain: arm: scmi: Fix genpd leak on
 provider registration failure If of_genpd_add_provider_onecell() fails during probe, the previously
 created generic power domains are not removed, leading to a memory leak and potential kernel crash later
 in genpd_debug_add(). Add proper error handling to unwind the initialized domains before returning from
 probe to ensure all resources are correctly released on failure. Example crash trace observed without this
 fix: | Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address fffffffffffffc70 | CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 1
 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.18.0-rc1 #405 PREEMPT | Hardware name: ARM LTD ARM Juno Development
 Platform/ARM Juno Development Platform | pstate: 00000005 (nzcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) |
 pc : genpd_debug_add+0x2c/0x160 | lr : genpd_debug_init+0x74/0x98 | Call trace: |
 genpd_debug_add+0x2c/0x160 (P) | genpd_debug_init+0x74/0x98 | do_one_initcall+0xd0/0x2d8 |
 do_initcall_level+0xa0/0x140 | do_initcalls+0x60/0xa8 | do_basic_setup+0x28/0x40 |
 kernel_init_freeable+0xe8/0x170 | kernel_init+0x2c/0x140 | ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 (CVE-2025-68204)

Solution

Update the linux library and its related packages to version 6.1.159-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-68204

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 455236

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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.42

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-2025-68204

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: 12/16/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/9/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-68204