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Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-986786)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 268753

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-2025-986786 advisory.

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

 xdp, net: Fix use-after-free in bpf_xdp_link_release

 The problem occurs between dev_get_by_index() and dev_xdp_attach_link().
 At this point, dev_xdp_uninstall() is called. Then xdp link will not be detached automatically when dev is released. But link->dev already points to dev, when xdp link is released, dev will still be accessed, but dev has been released.

 dev_get_by_index() | link->dev = dev | | rtnl_lock() | unregister_netdevice_many() | dev_xdp_uninstall() | rtnl_unlock() rtnl_lock(); | dev_xdp_attach_link() | rtnl_unlock(); | | netdev_run_todo() // dev released bpf_xdp_link_release() | /* access dev. | use-after-free */ |

 [ 45.966867] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in bpf_xdp_link_release+0x3b8/0x3d0 [ 45.967619] Read of size 8 at addr ffff00000f9980c8 by task a.out/732 [ 45.968297] [ 45.968502] CPU: 1 PID: 732 Comm: a.out Not tainted 5.13.0+ #22 [ 45.969222] Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT) [ 45.969795] Call trace:
 [ 45.970106] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x4c8 [ 45.970564] show_stack+0x30/0x40 [ 45.970981] dump_stack_lvl+0x120/0x18c [ 45.971470] print_address_description.constprop.0+0x74/0x30c [ 45.972182] kasan_report+0x1e8/0x200 [ 45.972659] __asan_report_load8_noabort+0x2c/0x50 [ 45.973273] bpf_xdp_link_release+0x3b8/0x3d0 [ 45.973834] bpf_link_free+0xd0/0x188 [ 45.974315] bpf_link_put+0x1d0/0x218 [ 45.974790] bpf_link_release+0x3c/0x58 [ 45.975291] __fput+0x20c/0x7e8 [ 45.975706] ____fput+0x24/0x30 [ 45.976117] task_work_run+0x104/0x258 [ 45.976609] do_notify_resume+0x894/0xaf8 [ 45.977121] work_pending+0xc/0x328 [ 45.977575] [ 45.977775] The buggy address belongs to the page:
 [ 45.978369] page:fffffc00003e6600 refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x4f998 [ 45.979522] flags: 0x7fffe0000000000(node=0|zone=0|lastcpupid=0x3ffff) [ 45.980349] raw: 07fffe0000000000 fffffc00003e6708 ffff0000dac3c010 0000000000000000 [ 45.981309] raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000 [ 45.982259] page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected [ 45.982948] [ 45.983153] Memory state around the buggy address:
 [ 45.983753] ffff00000f997f80: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc [ 45.984645] ffff00000f998000: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff [ 45.985533] >ffff00000f998080: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff [ 45.986419] ^ [ 45.987112] ffff00000f998100: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff [ 45.988006] ffff00000f998180: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff [ 45.988895] ================================================================== [ 45.989773] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint [ 45.990552] Kernel panic - not syncing: panic_on_warn set ...
 [ 45.991166] CPU: 1 PID: 732 Comm: a.out Tainted: G B 5.13.0+ #22 [ 45.991929] Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT) [ 45.992448] Call trace:
 [ 45.992753] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x4c8 [ 45.993208] show_stack+0x30/0x40 [ 45.993627] dump_stack_lvl+0x120/0x18c [ 45.994113] dump_stack+0x1c/0x34 [ 45.994530] panic+0x3a4/0x7d8 [ 45.994930] end_report+0x194/0x198 [ 45.995380] kasan_report+0x134/0x200 [ 45.995850] __asan_report_load8_noabort+0x2c/0x50 [ 45.996453] bpf_xdp_link_release+0x3b8/0x3d0 [ 45.997007] bpf_link_free+0xd0/0x188 [ 45.997474] bpf_link_put+0x1d0/0x218 [ 45.997942] bpf_link_release+0x3c/0x58 [ 45.998429] __fput+0x20c/0x7e8 [ 45.998833] ____fput+0x24/0x30 [ 45.999247] task_work_run+0x104/0x258 [ 45.999731] do_notify_resume+0x894/0xaf8 [ 46.000236] work_pending
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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?9958aa83

http://www.nessus.org/u?60cc513a

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-47299

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 268753

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2025-986786.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 10/7/2025

Updated: 10/15/2025

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-2021-47299

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: 1/28/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-47299