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Echo: linux: security update to 6.9.9-1

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 459204

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: gve: Account for stopped queues when
 reading NIC stats We now account for the fact that the NIC might send us stats for a subset of queues.
 Without this change, gve_get_ethtool_stats might make an invalid access on the priv->stats_report->stats
 array. (CVE-2024-42162)

Solution

Update the linux library and its related packages to version 6.9.9-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2024-42162

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 459204

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

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-42162

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/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: 7/30/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-42162