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Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-987207)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 268099

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-2025-987207 advisory.

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

 usbnet: fix memory leak in error case

 usbnet_write_cmd_async() mixed up which buffers need to be freed in which error case.

 v2: add Fixes tag v3: fix uninitialized buf pointer

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?ea7295ba

http://www.nessus.org/u?905d0b43

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49657

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 268099

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2025-987207.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 10/7/2025

Updated: 10/7/2025

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-2022-49657

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: 7/21/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-49657