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Echo: linux: security update to 6.1.162-1

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 465823

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: be2net: Fix NULL pointer dereference
 in be_cmd_get_mac_from_list When the parameter pmac_id_valid argument of be_cmd_get_mac_from_list() is set
 to false, the driver may request the PMAC_ID from the firmware of the network card, and this function will
 store that PMAC_ID at the provided address pmac_id. This is the contract of this function. However, there
 is a location within the driver where both pmac_id_valid == false and pmac_id == NULL are being passed.
 This could result in dereferencing a NULL pointer. To resolve this issue, it is necessary to pass the
 address of a stub variable to the function. (CVE-2026-23084)

Solution

Update the linux library and its related packages to version 6.1.162-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-23084

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 465823

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.52

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-2026-23084

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: 2/15/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-23084