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Echo: linux: security update to 6.12.9-1

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 457683

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: ila: serialize calls to
 nf_register_net_hooks() syzbot found a race in ila_add_mapping() [1] commit 031ae72825ce ("ila: call
 nf_unregister_net_hooks() sooner") attempted to fix a similar issue. Looking at the syzbot repro, we have
 concurrent ILA_CMD_ADD commands. Add a mutex to make sure at most one thread is calling
 nf_register_net_hooks(). [1] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in rht_key_hashfn
 include/linux/rhashtable.h:159 [inline] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in
 __rhashtable_lookup.constprop.0+0x426/0x550 include/linux/rhashtable.h:604 Read of size 4 at addr
 ffff888028f40008 by task dhcpcd/5501 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 5501 Comm: dhcpcd Not tainted
 6.13.0-rc4-syzkaller-00054-gd6ef8b40d075 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute
 Engine, BIOS Google 09/13/2024 Call Trace: <IRQ> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
 dump_stack_lvl+0x116/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]
 print_report+0xc3/0x620 mm/kasan/report.c:489 kasan_report+0xd9/0x110 mm/kasan/report.c:602 rht_key_hashfn
 include/linux/rhashtable.h:159 [inline] __rhashtable_lookup.constprop.0+0x426/0x550
 include/linux/rhashtable.h:604 rhashtable_lookup include/linux/rhashtable.h:646 [inline]
 rhashtable_lookup_fast include/linux/rhashtable.h:672 [inline] ila_lookup_wildcards
 net/ipv6/ila/ila_xlat.c:127 [inline] ila_xlat_addr net/ipv6/ila/ila_xlat.c:652 [inline]
 ila_nf_input+0x1ee/0x620 net/ipv6/ila/ila_xlat.c:185 nf_hook_entry_hookfn include/linux/netfilter.h:154
 [inline] nf_hook_slow+0xbb/0x200 net/netfilter/core.c:626 nf_hook.constprop.0+0x42e/0x750
 include/linux/netfilter.h:269 NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:312 [inline] ipv6_rcv+0xa4/0x680
 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:309 __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x12e/0x1e0 net/core/dev.c:5672
 __netif_receive_skb+0x1d/0x160 net/core/dev.c:5785 process_backlog+0x443/0x15f0 net/core/dev.c:6117
 __napi_poll.constprop.0+0xb7/0x550 net/core/dev.c:6883 napi_poll net/core/dev.c:6952 [inline]
 net_rx_action+0xa94/0x1010 net/core/dev.c:7074 handle_softirqs+0x213/0x8f0 kernel/softirq.c:561
 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:595 [inline] invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:435 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0x109/0x170 kernel/softirq.c:662 irq_exit_rcu+0x9/0x30 kernel/softirq.c:678
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1049 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa4/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1049 (CVE-2024-57900)

Solution

Update the linux library and its related packages to version 6.12.9-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2024-57900

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 457683

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

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-2024-57900

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: 9/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/15/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-57900