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Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-987699)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 270901
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-2025-987699 advisory.In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: usbip: fix a refcount leak in stub_probe()
usb_get_dev() is called in stub_device_alloc(). When stub_probe() fails after that, usb_put_dev() needs to be called to release the reference.
Fix this by moving usb_put_dev() to sdev_free error path handling.
Find this by code review.
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?22aa34ba
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 270901
File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2025-987699.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Published: 10/21/2025
Updated: 10/21/2025
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-2022-49389
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/UOS-Server/release, Host/UOS-Server/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/15/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/15/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-49389