Echo: linux: security update to 6.12.43-1

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 461826

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/pm: fix null pointer access
Writing a string without delimiters (' ', '\n', '\0') to the under gpu_od/fan_ctrl sysfs or
pp_power_profile_mode for the CUSTOM profile will result in a null pointer dereference. (CVE-2025-38705)

Solution

Update the linux library and its related packages to version 6.12.43-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-38705

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 461826

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-38705

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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: 9/4/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-38705