security/keys/big_key.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.7 mishandles unsuccessful crypto registration in conjunction with successful key-type registration, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that uses the big_key data type.

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-000858 advisory.

    security/keys/big_key.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.7 mishandles unsuccessful crypto registration in     conjunction with successful key-type registration, which allows local users to cause a denial of service     (NULL pointer dereference and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application     that uses the big_key data type.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-002914 advisory.

    security/keys/big_key.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.7 mishandles unsuccessful crypto registration in     conjunction with successful key-type registration, which allows local users to cause a denial of service     (NULL pointer dereference and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application     that uses the big_key data type.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-003308 advisory.

    security/keys/big_key.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.7 mishandles unsuccessful crypto registration in     conjunction with successful key-type registration, which allows local users to cause a denial of service     (NULL pointer dereference and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application     that uses the big_key data type.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz),     the core of any Linux operating system. The kernel     handles the basic functions of the operating system:
    memory allocation, process allocation, device input and     output, etc.Security Fix(es):The uas driver in the     Linux kernel before 4.13.6 allows local users to cause     a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and system     crash), or possibly have unspecified other impacts via     a crafted USB device, related to     drivers/usb/storage/uas-detect.h and     drivers/usb/storage/uas.c.(CVE-2017-16530)The     implementation of big key management in     security/keys/big_key.c in the Linux kernel before     4.8.7 mishandles unsuccessful crypto registration in     conjunction with successful key-type registration,     which allows local users to cause a denial of service     (NULL pointer dereference and panic) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a crafted application that     uses the big_key data type.(CVE-2016-9313)The Linux     kernel allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary     code via UDP traffic that triggers an unsafe second     checksum calculation during execution of a recv system     call with the MSG_PEEK flag. This may create a kernel     panic or memory corruption leading to privilege     escalation.(CVE-2016-10229)Buffer overflow in the     exitcode_proc_write function in     arch/um/kernel/exitcode.c in the Linux kernel before     3.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service or     possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging     root privileges for a write operation.(CVE-2013-4512)It     was found that unsharing a mount namespace could allow     a user to see data beneath their restricted     namespace.(CVE-2014-9717)A divide-by-zero flaw was     discovered in the Linux kernel built with KVM     virtualization support(CONFIG_KVM). The flaw occurs in     the KVM module's Programmable Interval Timer(PIT)     emulation, when PIT counters for channel 1 or 2 are set     to zero(0) and a privileged user inside the guest     attempts to read these counters. A privileged guest     user with access to PIT I/O ports could exploit this     issue to crash the host kernel (denial of     service).(CVE-2015-7513)The ims_pcu_parse_cdc_data     function in drivers/input/misc/ims-pcu.c in the Linux     kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate     attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash)     via a USB device without both a master and a slave     interface.(CVE-2016-3689)Stack-based buffer overflow in     the brcmf_cfg80211_start_ap() function in     'driverset/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg8021     1.c' in the Linux kernel before 4.7.5 allows local     users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or     possibly have unspecified other impact via a long SSID     Information Element in a command to a Netlink     socket.(CVE-2016-8658)drivers/hid/hid-sony.c in the     Human Interface Device (HID) subsystem in the Linux     kernel through 3.11, when CONFIG_HID_SONY is enabled,     allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial     of service (heap-based out-of-bounds write) via a     crafted device.(CVE-2013-2890)An issue where a provided     address with access_ok() is not checked was discovered     in i915_gem_execbuffer2_ioctl in     drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c in the Linux     kernel through 4.19.13. A local attacker can craft a     malicious IOCTL function call to overwrite arbitrary     kernel memory, resulting in a Denial of Service or     privilege escalation.(CVE-2018-20669)It was found that     the permission checks performed by the Linux kernel     when a netlink message was received were not     sufficient. A local, unprivileged user could     potentially bypass these restrictions by passing a     netlink socket as stdout or stderr to a more privileged     process and altering the output of this     process.(CVE-2014-0181)An issue was discovered in the     XFS filesystem in fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c in the     Linux kernel. A NULL pointer dereference may occur for     a corrupted xfs image after xfs_da_shrink_inode() is     called with a NULL bp. This can lead to a system crash     and a denial of service.(CVE-2018-13094)The     irda_setsockopt function in net/irda/af_irda.c in the     Linux kernel, through 4.16, allows local users to cause     a denial of service (due to a use-after-free of the     ias_object and a system crash) or possibly have     unspecified other impact by leveraging an AF_IRDA     socket.(CVE-2018-6555)The x86/fpu (Floating Point Unit)     subsystem in the Linux kernel, when a processor     supports the xsave feature but not the xsaves feature,     does not correctly handle attempts to set reserved bits     in the xstate header via the ptrace() or rt_sigreturn()     system call. This allows local users to read the FPU     registers of other processes on the system, related to     arch/x86/kernel/fpu/regset.c and     arch/x86/kernel/fpu/signal.c.(CVE-2017-15537)The     fst_get_iface function in driverset/wan/farsync.c in     the Linux kernel before 3.11.7 does not properly     initialize a certain data structure, which allows local     users to obtain sensitive information from kernel     memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for     an SIOCWANDEV ioctl call.(CVE-2014-1444)In the Linux     kernel, through 4.15.4, the floppy driver reveals the     addresses of kernel functions and global variables     using printk calls within the function show_floppy in     drivers/block/floppy.c. An attacker can read this     information from dmesg and use the addresses to find     the locations of kernel code and data and bypass kernel     security protections such as KASLR.(CVE-2018-7273)A     flaw in 'arch/arm64/kernel/sys.c' in the Linux kernel     allows local users to bypass the 'strict page     permissions' protection mechanism and modify the     system-call table and, consequently, gain privileges by     leveraging write access.(CVE-2015-8967)The Linux kernel     before 3.11 on ARM platforms, as used in Android before     2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices, does not     properly consider user-space access to the TPIDRURW     register, which allows local users to gain privileges     via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug     28749743 and Qualcomm internal bug     CR561044.(CVE-2014-9870)A NULL pointer dereference     security flaw was found in the Linux kernel in the     vcpu_scan_ioapic() function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c. This     allows local users with certain privileges to cause a     denial of service via a crafted system call to the KVM     subsystem.(CVE-2018-19407)It was found that current     implementation of kl5kusb105 driver failed to detect     short transfers when attempting to read the line state     and logged the content of the uninitialized heap     transfer buffer.(CVE-2017-5549)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

CAI Qian discovered that shared bind mounts in a mount namespace exponentially added entries without restriction to the Linux kernel's mount table. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2016-6213)

Andreas Gruenbacher and Jan Kara discovered that the filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not clear the setgid bit during a setxattr call. A local attacker could use this to possibly elevate group privileges. (CVE-2016-7097)

Marco Grassi discovered that the driver for Areca RAID Controllers in the Linux kernel did not properly validate control messages. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges. (CVE-2016-7425)

It was discovered that the KVM implementation for x86/x86_64 in the Linux kernel could dereference a NULL pointer. An attacker in a guest virtual machine could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) in the KVM host. (CVE-2016-8630)

Eyal Itkin discovered that the IP over IEEE 1394 (FireWire) implementation in the Linux kernel contained a buffer overflow when handling fragmented packets. A remote attacker could use this to possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges.
(CVE-2016-8633)

Marco Grassi discovered that the TCP implementation in the Linux kernel mishandles socket buffer (skb) truncation. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
(CVE-2016-8645)

It was discovered that the keyring implementation in the Linux kernel improperly handled crypto registration in conjunction with successful key- type registration. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2016-9313)

Andrey Konovalov discovered that the SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel improperly handled validation of incoming data. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
(CVE-2016-9555).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

CAI Qian discovered that shared bind mounts in a mount namespace exponentially added entries without restriction to the Linux kernel's mount table. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2016-6213)

It was discovered that the KVM implementation for x86/x86_64 in the Linux kernel could dereference a NULL pointer. An attacker in a guest virtual machine could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) in the KVM host. (CVE-2016-8630)

Eyal Itkin discovered that the IP over IEEE 1394 (FireWire) implementation in the Linux kernel contained a buffer overflow when handling fragmented packets. A remote attacker could use this to possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges.
(CVE-2016-8633)

Marco Grassi discovered that the TCP implementation in the Linux kernel mishandles socket buffer (skb) truncation. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
(CVE-2016-8645)

It was discovered that the keyring implementation in the Linux kernel improperly handled crypto registration in conjunction with successful key- type registration. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2016-9313)

Andrey Konovalov discovered that the SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel improperly handled validation of incoming data. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
(CVE-2016-9555).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
290897	Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-000858)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	high
287455	Unity Linux 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-002914)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	high
287106	Unity Linux 20.1060a / 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-003308)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	high
124826	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1503)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
96000	Ubuntu 16.10 : linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities (USN-3162-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
95999	Ubuntu 16.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-3162-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical

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