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Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.170-1

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 464881

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: HID: apple: avoid memory leak in
 apple_report_fixup() The apple_report_fixup() function was returning a newly kmemdup()-allocated buffer,
 but never freeing it. The caller of report_fixup() does not take ownership of the returned pointer, but it
 *is* permitted to return a sub-portion of the input rdesc, whose lifetime is managed by the caller.
 (CVE-2026-31520)

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-2026-31520

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 464881

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-2026-31520

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-2026-31520