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Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-986987)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 268769

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-2025-986987 advisory.

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

 media: meson: vdec: fix possible refcount leak in vdec_probe()

 v4l2_device_unregister need to be called to put the refcount got by v4l2_device_register when vdec_probe fails or vdec_remove is called.

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?13d73041

http://www.nessus.org/u?e5e4f2c0

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49887

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 268769

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2025-986987.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-2022-49887

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: 5/1/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-49887