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Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.170-1

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 463930

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: dmaengine: idxd: Fix memory leak when
 a wq is reset idxd_wq_disable_cleanup() which is called from the reset path for a workqueue, sets the wq
 type to NONE, which for other parts of the driver mean that the wq is empty (all its resources were
 released). Only set the wq type to NONE after its resources are released. (CVE-2026-31441)

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-2026-31441

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 463930

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.76

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-2026-31441

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-2026-31441