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Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-986592)

high Nessus Plugin ID 268454

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-2025-986592 advisory.

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

 jfs: fix array-index-out-of-bounds in diAlloc

 Currently there is not check against the agno of the iag while allocating new inodes to avoid fragmentation problem. Added the check which is required.

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?b10aa1d7

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52805

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 268454

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2025-986592.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 10/7/2025

Updated: 10/7/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-52805

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 9/22/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-52805