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Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.135-1

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 459745

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: net: ppp: Add bound checking for skb
 data on ppp_sync_txmung Ensure we have enough data in linear buffer from skb before accessing initial
 bytes. This prevents potential out-of-bounds accesses when processing short packets. When ppp_sync_txmung
 receives an incoming package with an empty payload: (remote) gef➤ p *(struct pppoe_hdr *) (skb->head +
 skb->network_header) $18 = { type = 0x1, ver = 0x1, code = 0x0, sid = 0x2, length = 0x0, tag =
 0xffff8880371cdb96 } from the skb struct (trimmed) tail = 0x16, end = 0x140, head = 0xffff88803346f400
 "4", data = 0xffff88803346f416 ":\377", truesize = 0x380, len = 0x0, data_len = 0x0, mac_len = 0xe,
 hdr_len = 0x0, it is not safe to access data[2]. [[email protected]: fixed subj typo] (CVE-2025-37749)

Solution

Update the linux library and its related packages to version 6.1.135-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-37749

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 459745

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7

Percentile: 98.48

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-37749

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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: 5/1/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-37749