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Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.158-1

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 465135

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: crypto: hisilicon/qm - set NULL to
 qm->debug.qm_diff_regs When the initialization of qm->debug.acc_diff_reg fails, the probe process does not
 exit. However, after qm->debug.qm_diff_regs is freed, it is not set to NULL. This can lead to a double
 free when the remove process attempts to free it again. Therefore, qm->debug.qm_diff_regs should be set to
 NULL after it is freed. (CVE-2025-40062)

Solution

Update the linux library and its related packages to version 6.1.158-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-40062

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 465135

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.25

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-2025-40062

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: 10/30/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/28/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-40062