Unity Linux 20.1050a / 20.1060a / 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-398081)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 266999

Synopsis

The Unity Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-398081 advisory.

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

ocfs2: remove unreasonable unlock in ocfs2_read_blocks

Patch series Misc fixes for ocfs2_read_blocks, v5.

This series contains 2 fixes for ocfs2_read_blocks(). The first patch fix the issue reported by syzbot, which detects bad unlock balance in ocfs2_read_blocks(). The second patch fixes an issue reported by Heming Zhao when reviewing above fix.


This patch (of 2):

There was a lock release before exiting, so remove the unreasonable unlock.

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.

Solution

Update the affected kernel package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?7db2bfbd

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49965

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 266999

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2025-398081.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 10/7/2025

Updated: 10/15/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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-2024-49965

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

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/UOS-Server/release, Host/UOS-Server/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/8/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-49965