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Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.159-1

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 455617

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: Bluetooth: MGMT: cancel mesh send
 timer when hdev removed mesh_send_done timer is not canceled when hdev is removed, which causes crash if
 the timer triggers after hdev is gone. Cancel the timer when MGMT removes the hdev, like other MGMT
 timers. Should fix the BUG: sporadically seen by BlueZ test bot (in "Mesh - Send cancel - 1" test). Log:
 ------ BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in run_timer_softirq+0x76b/0x7d0 ... Freed by task 36:
 kasan_save_stack+0x24/0x50 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 __kasan_save_free_info+0x3a/0x60
 __kasan_slab_free+0x43/0x70 kfree+0x103/0x500 device_release+0x9a/0x210 kobject_put+0x100/0x1e0
 vhci_release+0x18b/0x240 ------ (CVE-2025-40284)

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-2025-40284

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 455617

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.12

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-2025-40284

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: 12/7/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/3/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-40284