Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-986839)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 268911

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-2025-986839 advisory.

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

net: sched: fix possible refcount leak in tc_new_tfilter()

tfilter_put need to be called to put the refount got by tp->ops->get to avoid possible refcount leak when chain->tmplt_ops != NULL and chain->tmplt_ops != tp->ops.

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?a892600d

http://www.nessus.org/u?a672476d

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48639

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 268911

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2025-986839.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 10/7/2025

Updated: 10/15/2025

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-2022-48639

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: 7/21/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-48639