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Echo: linux: security update to 6.12.9-1

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 462930

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/rxe: Remove the direct link to
 net_device The similar patch in siw is in the link: https://git.kernel.org/rdma/rdma/c/16b87037b48889 This
 problem also occurred in RXE. The following analyze this problem. In the following Call Traces: " BUG:
 KASAN: slab-use-after-free in dev_get_flags+0x188/0x1d0 net/core/dev.c:8782 Read of size 4 at addr
 ffff8880554640b0 by task kworker/1:4/5295 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 5295 Comm: kworker/1:4 Not tainted
 6.12.0-rc3-syzkaller-00399-g9197b73fd7bb #0 Hardware name: Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine,
 BIOS Google 09/13/2024 Workqueue: infiniband ib_cache_event_task Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack
 lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_address_description
 mm/kasan/report.c:377 [inline] print_report+0x169/0x550 mm/kasan/report.c:488 kasan_report+0x143/0x180
 mm/kasan/report.c:601 dev_get_flags+0x188/0x1d0 net/core/dev.c:8782 rxe_query_port+0x12d/0x260
 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c:60 __ib_query_port drivers/infiniband/core/device.c:2111 [inline]
 ib_query_port+0x168/0x7d0 drivers/infiniband/core/device.c:2143 ib_cache_update+0x1a9/0xb80
 drivers/infiniband/core/cache.c:1494 ib_cache_event_task+0xf3/0x1e0 drivers/infiniband/core/cache.c:1568
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3229 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xa65/0x1850
 kernel/workqueue.c:3310 worker_thread+0x870/0xd30 kernel/workqueue.c:3391 kthread+0x2f2/0x390
 kernel/kthread.c:389 ret_from_fork+0x4d/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244 </TASK> " 1). In the link [1], " infiniband syz2: set down " This means that
 on 839.350575, the event ib_cache_event_task was sent andi queued in ib_wq. 2). In the link [1], " team0
 (unregistering): Port device team_slave_0 removed " It indicates that before 843.251853, the net device
 should be freed. 3). In the link [1], " BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in dev_get_flags+0x188/0x1d0 "
 This means that on 850.559070, this slab-use-after-free problem occurred. In all, on 839.350575, the event
 ib_cache_event_task was sent and queued in ib_wq, before 843.251853, the net device veth was freed. on
 850.559070, this event was executed, and the mentioned freed net device was called. Thus, the above call
 trace occurred. [1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=12e7025f980000 (CVE-2024-57795)

Solution

Update the linux library and its related packages to version 6.12.9-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2024-57795

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 462930

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

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-2024-57795

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: 9/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/15/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-57795