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Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.170-1

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 462998

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: nfc: nci: fix circular locking
 dependency in nci_close_device nci_close_device() flushes rx_wq and tx_wq while holding req_lock. This
 causes a circular locking dependency because nci_rx_work() running on rx_wq can end up taking req_lock
 too: nci_rx_work -> nci_rx_data_packet -> nci_data_exchange_complete -> __sk_destruct -> rawsock_destruct
 -> nfc_deactivate_target -> nci_deactivate_target -> nci_request -> mutex_lock(&ndev->req_lock) Move the
 flush of rx_wq after req_lock has been released. This should safe (I think) because NCI_UP has already
 been cleared and the transport is closed, so the work will see it and return -ENETDOWN. NIPA has been
 hitting this running the nci selftest with a debug kernel on roughly 4% of the runs. (CVE-2026-31509)

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-2026-31509

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 462998

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.75

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-2026-31509

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: 5/1/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/22/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-31509