Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.159-1

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 461683

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: drm/amd/display: Check NULL before
accessing [WHAT] IGT kms_cursor_legacy's long-nonblocking-modeset-vs-cursor-atomic fails with NULL pointer
dereference. This can be reproduced with both an eDP panel and a DP monitors connected. BUG: kernel NULL
pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF:
error_code(0x0000) - not-present page PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI CPU: 13 UID: 0 PID: 2960
Comm: kms_cursor_lega Not tainted 6.16.0-99-custom #8 PREEMPT(voluntary) Hardware name: AMD ........ RIP:
0010:dc_stream_get_scanoutpos+0x34/0x130 [amdgpu] Code: 57 4d 89 c7 41 56 49 89 ce 41 55 49 89 d5 41 54 49
89 fc 53 48 83 ec 18 48 8b 87 a0 64 00 00 48 89 75 d0 48 c7 c6 e0 41 30 c2 <48> 8b 38 48 8b 9f 68 06 00 00
e8 8d d7 fd ff 31 c0 48 81 c3 e0 02 RSP: 0018:ffffd0f3c2bd7608 EFLAGS: 00010292 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX:
0000000000000000 RCX: ffffd0f3c2bd7668 RDX: ffffd0f3c2bd7664 RSI: ffffffffc23041e0 RDI: ffff8b32494b8000
RBP: ffffd0f3c2bd7648 R08: ffffd0f3c2bd766c R09: ffffd0f3c2bd7760 R10: ffffd0f3c2bd7820 R11:
0000000000000000 R12: ffff8b32494b8000 R13: ffffd0f3c2bd7664 R14: ffffd0f3c2bd7668 R15: ffffd0f3c2bd766c
FS: 000071f631b68700(0000) GS:ffff8b399f114000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000
CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 00000001b8105000 CR4: 0000000000f50ef0 PKRU: 55555554
Call Trace: <TASK> dm_crtc_get_scanoutpos+0xd7/0x180 [amdgpu]
amdgpu_display_get_crtc_scanoutpos+0x86/0x1c0 [amdgpu] ?
__pfx_amdgpu_crtc_get_scanout_position+0x10/0x10[amdgpu] amdgpu_crtc_get_scanout_position+0x27/0x50
[amdgpu] drm_crtc_vblank_helper_get_vblank_timestamp_internal+0xf7/0x400
drm_crtc_vblank_helper_get_vblank_timestamp+0x1c/0x30 drm_crtc_get_last_vbltimestamp+0x55/0x90
drm_crtc_next_vblank_start+0x45/0xa0 drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_fences+0x81/0x1f0 ... (cherry picked from
commit 621e55f1919640acab25383362b96e65f2baea3c) (CVE-2025-68286)

Solution

Update the linux library and its related packages to version 6.1.159-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-68286

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 461683

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.12

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-2025-68286

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: 12/17/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/9/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-68286