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Chainguard: multiple linux-qemu-melange packages: security update to 6.18.57-r0

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 476168

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: cachefiles: Fix error return when
 vfs_mkdir() fails When vfs_mkdir() fails, the error code is not extracted from the returned error pointer.
 This causes mkdir_error to be reached with ret=0, which leads to returning ERR_PTR(0) (NULL) instead of a
 proper error pointer. Fix this by extracting the error code from the error pointer when vfs_mkdir() fails.
 (CVE-2026-64040)

Solution

Update the linux-qemu-melange library and its related packages to version 6.18.57-r0 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 476168

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/19/2026

Updated: 10/19/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.67

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-2026-64040

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

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/19/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-64040