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Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-414477)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 267484

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-2025-414477 advisory.

 A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel's NFC core functionality due to a race condition between kobject creation and delete. This vulnerability allows a local attacker with CAP_NET_ADMIN privilege to leak kernel information.

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.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4ee5fb14

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1974

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 267484

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2025-414477.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 10/7/2025

Updated: 10/7/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1974

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.1

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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: 6/3/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1974