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Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-987263)

high Nessus Plugin ID 269058

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-2025-987263 advisory.

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

 fbmem: Do not delete the mode that is still in use

 The execution of fb_delete_videomode() is not based on the result of the previous fbcon_mode_deleted(). As a result, the mode is directly deleted, regardless of whether it is still in use, which may cause UAF.

 ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in fb_mode_is_equal+0x36e/0x5e0 \ drivers/video/fbdev/core/modedb.c:924 Read of size 4 at addr ffff88807e0ddb1c by task syz-executor.0/18962

 CPU: 2 PID: 18962 Comm: syz-executor.0 Not tainted 5.10.45-rc1+ #3 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS ...
 Call Trace:
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:77 [inline] dump_stack+0x137/0x1be lib/dump_stack.c:118 print_address_description+0x6c/0x640 mm/kasan/report.c:385
 __kasan_report mm/kasan/report.c:545 [inline] kasan_report+0x13d/0x1e0 mm/kasan/report.c:562 fb_mode_is_equal+0x36e/0x5e0 drivers/video/fbdev/core/modedb.c:924 fbcon_mode_deleted+0x16a/0x220 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:2746 fb_set_var+0x1e1/0xdb0 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:975 do_fb_ioctl+0x4d9/0x6e0 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:1108 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:48 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:753 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0xfb/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:739 do_syscall_64+0x2d/0x70 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9

 Freed by task 18960:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:48 [inline] kasan_set_track+0x3d/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:56 kasan_set_free_info+0x17/0x30 mm/kasan/generic.c:355
 __kasan_slab_free+0x108/0x140 mm/kasan/common.c:422 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1541 [inline] slab_free_freelist_hook+0xd6/0x1a0 mm/slub.c:1574 slab_free mm/slub.c:3139 [inline] kfree+0xca/0x3d0 mm/slub.c:4121 fb_delete_videomode+0x56a/0x820 drivers/video/fbdev/core/modedb.c:1104 fb_set_var+0x1f3/0xdb0 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:978 do_fb_ioctl+0x4d9/0x6e0 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:1108 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:48 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:753 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0xfb/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:739 do_syscall_64+0x2d/0x70 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9

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?1b48a47e

http://www.nessus.org/u?e494fe86

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-47338

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 269058

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2025-987263.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 10/7/2025

Updated: 10/15/2025

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-2021-47338

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: 9/23/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/28/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-47338