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Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.170-1

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 462068

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: RDMA/siw: Fix potential NULL pointer
 dereference in header processing If siw_get_hdr() returns -EINVAL before set_rx_fpdu_context(),
 qp->rx_fpdu can be NULL. The error path in siw_tcp_rx_data() dereferences qp->rx_fpdu->more_ddp_segs
 without checking, which may lead to a NULL pointer deref. Only check more_ddp_segs when rx_fpdu is
 present. KASAN splat: [ 101.384271] KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x00000000000000c0-0x00000000000000c7]
 [ 101.385869] RIP: 0010:siw_tcp_rx_data+0x13ad/0x1e50 (CVE-2026-23242)

Solution

Update the linux library and its related packages to version 6.1.170-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-23242

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 462068

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.66

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-23242

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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: 5/1/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/12/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-23242