In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/spufs: Fix refcount leak in spufs_init_isolated_loader of_find_node_by_path() returns remote device nodepointer with refcount incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when done. Add missing of_node_put() to avoid refcount leak.

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-993296 advisory.

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    powerpc/spufs: Fix refcount leak in spufs_init_isolated_loader

    of_find_node_by_path() returns remote device nodepointer with     refcount incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when done.
    Add missing of_node_put() to avoid refcount leak.

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-2025-992271 advisory.

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    powerpc/spufs: Fix refcount leak in spufs_init_isolated_loader

    of_find_node_by_path() returns remote device nodepointer with     refcount incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when done.
    Add missing of_node_put() to avoid refcount leak.

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 Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - powerpc/spufs: Fix refcount leak in spufs_init_isolated_loader of_find_node_by_path() returns remote     device nodepointer with refcount incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when done. Add missing     of_node_put() to avoid refcount leak. (CVE-2022-50105)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
280874	Unity Linux 20.1060a / 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-993296)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	medium
280389	Unity Linux 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-992271)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	medium
243798	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-50105	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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