drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-firmware.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x and 4.10.x before 4.10.7 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash or memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of more than one virtual page for a DMA scatterlist.

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-001600 advisory.

    drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-firmware.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x and 4.10.x before 4.10.7 interacts     incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service     (system crash or memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of more     than one virtual page for a DMA scatterlist.

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-2026-003436 advisory.

    drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-firmware.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x and 4.10.x before 4.10.7 interacts     incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service     (system crash or memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of more     than one virtual page for a DMA scatterlist.

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-2026-002814 advisory.

    drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-firmware.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x and 4.10.x before 4.10.7 interacts     incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service     (system crash or memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of more     than one virtual page for a DMA scatterlist.

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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
290902	Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-001600)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	high
287842	Unity Linux 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-003436)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	high
286823	Unity Linux 20.1060a / 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-002814)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	high

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