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Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.164-1

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 455444

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: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix bsg_done() causing
 double free Kernel panic observed on system, [5353358.825191] BUG: unable to handle page fault for
 address: ff5f5e897b024000 [5353358.825194] #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode [5353358.825195]
 #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page [5353358.825196] PGD 100006067 P4D 0 [5353358.825198] Oops:
 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [5353358.825200] CPU: 5 PID: 2132085 Comm: qlafwupdate.sub Kdump: loaded
 Tainted: G W L ------- --- 5.14.0-503.34.1.el9_5.x86_64 #1 [5353358.825203] Hardware name: HPE ProLiant
 DL360 Gen11/ProLiant DL360 Gen11, BIOS 2.44 01/17/2025 [5353358.825204] RIP: 0010:memcpy_erms+0x6/0x10
 [5353358.825211] RSP: 0018:ff591da8f4f6b710 EFLAGS: 00010246 [5353358.825212] RAX: ff5f5e897b024000 RBX:
 0000000000007090 RCX: 0000000000001000 [5353358.825213] RDX: 0000000000001000 RSI: ff591da8f4fed090 RDI:
 ff5f5e897b024000 [5353358.825214] RBP: 0000000000010000 R08: ff5f5e897b024000 R09: 0000000000000000
 [5353358.825215] R10: ff46cf8c40517000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000008090 [5353358.825216] R13:
 ff591da8f4f6b720 R14: 0000000000001000 R15: 0000000000000000 [5353358.825218] FS: 00007f1e88d47740(0000)
 GS:ff46cf935f940000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [5353358.825219] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0:
 0000000080050033 [5353358.825220] CR2: ff5f5e897b024000 CR3: 0000000231532004 CR4: 0000000000771ef0
 [5353358.825221] PKRU: 55555554 [5353358.825222] Call Trace: [5353358.825223] <TASK> [5353358.825224] ?
 show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df [5353358.825229] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df [5353358.825232] ?
 sg_copy_buffer+0xc8/0x110 [5353358.825236] ? __die_body.cold+0x8/0xd [5353358.825238] ?
 page_fault_oops+0x134/0x170 [5353358.825242] ? kernelmode_fixup_or_oops+0x84/0x110 [5353358.825244] ?
 exc_page_fault+0xa8/0x150 [5353358.825247] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 [5353358.825252] ?
 memcpy_erms+0x6/0x10 [5353358.825253] sg_copy_buffer+0xc8/0x110 [5353358.825259]
 qla2x00_process_vendor_specific+0x652/0x1320 [qla2xxx] [5353358.825317] qla24xx_bsg_request+0x1b2/0x2d0
 [qla2xxx] Most routines in qla_bsg.c call bsg_done() only for success cases. However a few invoke it for
 failure case as well leading to a double free. Validate before calling bsg_done(). (CVE-2025-71238)

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-2025-71238

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 455444

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.5

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-2025-71238

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: 3/23/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-71238