Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.162-1

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 457020

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: ALSA: wavefront: Fix integer overflow
in sample size validation The wavefront_send_sample() function has an integer overflow issue when
validating sample size. The header->size field is u32 but gets cast to int for comparison with
dev->freemem Fix by using unsigned comparison to avoid integer overflow. (CVE-2025-68344)

Solution

Update the linux library and its related packages to version 6.1.162-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-68344

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 457020

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.9

Percentile: 52.52

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.7

Temporal Score: 4.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-68344

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/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: 12/24/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/24/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-68344