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Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.158-1

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 461206

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: i40e: add validation for ring_len
 param The `ring_len` parameter provided by the virtual function (VF) is assigned directly to the hardware
 memory context (HMC) without any validation. To address this, introduce an upper boundary check for both
 Tx and Rx queue lengths. The maximum number of descriptors supported by the hardware is 8k-32.
 Additionally, enforce alignment constraints: Tx rings must be a multiple of 8, and Rx rings must be a
 multiple of 32. (CVE-2025-39973)

Solution

Update the linux library and its related packages to version 6.1.158-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-39973

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 461206

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/5/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 93.91

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-2025-39973

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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: 10/16/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-39973