Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-987012)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 268050

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-2025-987012 advisory.

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

usb: common: usb-conn-gpio: fix NULL pointer dereference of charger

When power on system with OTG cable, IDDIG's interrupt arises before the charger registration, it will cause a NULL pointer dereference, fix the issue by registering the power supply before requesting IDDIG/VBUS irq.

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?15fab889

http://www.nessus.org/u?1c5b2577

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-47331

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 268050

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2025-987012.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: 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-2021-47331

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: 9/23/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/21/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-47331