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Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.137-1

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 462494

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: tracing: Verify event formats that
 have "%*p.." The trace event verifier checks the formats of trace events to make sure that they do not
 point at memory that is not in the trace event itself or in data that will never be freed. If an event
 references data that was allocated when the event triggered and that same data is freed before the event
 is read, then the kernel can crash by reading freed memory. The verifier runs at boot up (or module load)
 and scans the print formats of the events and checks their arguments to make sure that dereferenced
 pointers are safe. If the format uses "%*p.." the verifier will ignore it, and that could be dangerous.
 Cover this case as well. Also add to the sample code a use case of "%*pbl". (CVE-2025-37938)

Solution

Update the linux library and its related packages to version 6.1.137-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-37938

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 462494

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

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-2025-37938

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: 5/13/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-37938