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Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.180-1

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 462238

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: i2c: core: fix adapter deregistration
 race Adapters can be looked up by their id using i2c_get_adapter() which takes a reference to the embedded
 struct device. Remove the adapter from the IDR before tearing it down during deregistration (and on
 registration failure) to make sure its resources are not accessed after having been freed (e.g. the device
 name). (CVE-2026-64279)

Solution

Update the linux library and its related packages to version 6.1.180-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-64279

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 462238

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.61

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-2026-64279

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: 7/26/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/23/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-64279