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Unity Linux 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-396209)

high Nessus Plugin ID 267249

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-2025-396209 advisory.

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

 ACPI: sysfs: validate return type of _STR method

 Only buffer objects are valid return values of _STR.

 If something else is returned description_show() will access invalid memory.

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?e1507202

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49860

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 267249

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2025-396209.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 10/7/2025

Updated: 10/15/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-49860

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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-2024-49860