Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.159-1

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 462591

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: fbdev: bitblit: bound-check glyph
index in bit_putcs* bit_putcs_aligned()/unaligned() derived the glyph pointer from the character value
masked by 0xff/0x1ff, which may exceed the actual font's glyph count and read past the end of the built-in
font array. Clamp the index to the actual glyph count before computing the address. This fixes a global
out-of-bounds read reported by syzbot. (CVE-2025-40322)

Solution

Update the linux library and its related packages to version 6.1.159-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-40322

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 462591

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.59

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-40322

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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: 12/8/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/8/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-40322