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Echo: linux: security update to 6.12.96-1

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 460713

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: f2fs: atomic: fix UAF issue on
 f2fs_inode_info.atomic_inode - ioctl(F2FS_IOC_GARBAGE_COLLECT_RANGE) - shrink - f2fs_gc - gc_data_segment
 - ra_data_block(cow_inode) - mapping = F2FS_I(inode)->atomic_inode->i_mapping :
 f2fs_is_cow_file(cow_inode) is true - f2fs_evict_inode(atomic_inode) - clear_inode_flag(fi->cow_inode,
 FI_COW_FILE) - F2FS_I(fi->cow_inode)->atomic_inode = NULL ... - truncate_inode_pages_final(atomic_inode) -
 f2fs_grab_cache_folio(mapping) : create folio in atomic_inode->mapping - clear_inode(atomic_inode) -
 BUG_ON(atomic_inode->i_data.nrpages) We need to add a reference on fi->atomic_inode before using its
 mapping field during garbage collection, otherwise, it will cause UAF issue. (CVE-2026-63816)

Solution

Update the linux library and its related packages to version 6.12.96-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-63816

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 460713

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.11

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-2026-63816

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: 7/19/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/19/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-63816