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Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-987556)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 271042

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-2025-987556 advisory.

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

 scsi: bnx2fc: Make bnx2fc_recv_frame() mp safe

 Running tests with a debug kernel shows that bnx2fc_recv_frame() is modifying the per_cpu lport stats counters in a non-mpsafe way. Just boot a debug kernel and run the bnx2fc driver with the hardware enabled.

 [ 1391.699147] BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: bnx2fc_ [ 1391.699160] caller is bnx2fc_recv_frame+0xbf9/0x1760 [bnx2fc] [ 1391.699174] CPU: 2 PID: 4355 Comm: bnx2fc_l2_threa Kdump: loaded Tainted: G B [ 1391.699180] Hardware name: HP ProLiant DL120 G7, BIOS J01 07/01/2013 [ 1391.699183] Call Trace:
 [ 1391.699188] dump_stack_lvl+0x57/0x7d [ 1391.699198] check_preemption_disabled+0xc8/0xd0 [ 1391.699205] bnx2fc_recv_frame+0xbf9/0x1760 [bnx2fc] [ 1391.699215] ? do_raw_spin_trylock+0xb5/0x180 [ 1391.699221] ? bnx2fc_npiv_create_vports.isra.0+0x4e0/0x4e0 [bnx2fc] [ 1391.699229] ? bnx2fc_l2_rcv_thread+0xb7/0x3a0 [bnx2fc] [ 1391.699240] bnx2fc_l2_rcv_thread+0x1af/0x3a0 [bnx2fc] [ 1391.699250] ? bnx2fc_ulp_init+0xc0/0xc0 [bnx2fc] [ 1391.699258] kthread+0x364/0x420 [ 1391.699263] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x24/0x50 [ 1391.699268] ? set_kthread_struct+0x100/0x100 [ 1391.699273] ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30

 Restore the old get_cpu/put_cpu code with some modifications to reduce the size of the critical section.

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?b1c91440

http://www.nessus.org/u?4a99b7c9

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48715

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 271042

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2025-987556.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-2022-48715

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: 6/20/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-48715