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Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.158-1

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 461725

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: wifi: mac80211: increase scan_ies_len
 for S1G Currently the S1G capability element is not taken into account for the scan_ies_len, which leads
 to a buffer length validation failure in ieee80211_prep_hw_scan() and subsequent WARN in
 __ieee80211_start_scan(). This prevents hw scanning from functioning. To fix ensure we accommodate for the
 S1G capability length. (CVE-2025-39957)

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-2025-39957

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 461725

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.46

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-2025-39957

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: 10/10/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-39957