Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.170-1

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 462108

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: dpaa2-switch: Fix interrupt storm
after receiving bad if_id in IRQ handler Commit 31a7a0bbeb00 ("dpaa2-switch: add bounds check for if_id in
IRQ handler") introduces a range check for if_id to avoid an out-of-bounds access. If an out-of-bounds
if_id is detected, the interrupt status is not cleared. This may result in an interrupt storm. Clear the
interrupt status after detecting an out-of-bounds if_id to avoid the problem. Found by an experimental AI
code review agent at Google. (CVE-2026-23422)

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-2026-23422

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 462108

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.11

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-2026-23422

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: 5/1/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-23422