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Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-987582)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 271071

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-2025-987582 advisory.

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

 f2fs: quota: fix loop condition at f2fs_quota_sync()

 cnt should be passed to sb_has_quota_active() instead of type to check active quota properly.

 Moreover, when the type is -1, the compiler with enough inline knowledge can discard sb_has_quota_active() check altogether, causing a NULL pointer dereference at the following inode_lock(dqopt->files[cnt]):

 [ 2.796010] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000000a0 [ 2.796024] Mem abort info:
 [ 2.796025] ESR = 0x96000005 [ 2.796028] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits [ 2.796029] SET = 0, FnV = 0 [ 2.796031] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 [ 2.796032] Data abort info:
 [ 2.796034] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000005 [ 2.796035] CM = 0, WnR = 0 [ 2.796046] user pgtable: 4k pages, 39-bit VAs, pgdp=00000003370d1000 [ 2.796048] [00000000000000a0] pgd=0000000000000000, pud=0000000000000000 [ 2.796051] Internal error: Oops: 96000005 [#1] PREEMPT SMP [ 2.796056] CPU: 7 PID: 640 Comm: f2fs_ckpt-259:7 Tainted: G S 5.4.179-arter97-r8-64666-g2f16e087f9d8 #1 [ 2.796057] Hardware name: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Lahaina MTP lemonadep (DT) [ 2.796059] pstate: 80c00005 (Nzcv daif +PAN +UAO) [ 2.796065] pc : down_write+0x28/0x70 [ 2.796070] lr : f2fs_quota_sync+0x100/0x294 [ 2.796071] sp : ffffffa3f48ffc30 [ 2.796073] x29: ffffffa3f48ffc30 x28: 0000000000000000 [ 2.796075] x27: ffffffa3f6d718b8 x26: ffffffa415fe9d80 [ 2.796077] x25: ffffffa3f7290048 x24: 0000000000000001 [ 2.796078] x23: 0000000000000000 x22: ffffffa3f7290000 [ 2.796080] x21: ffffffa3f72904a0 x20: ffffffa3f7290110 [ 2.796081] x19: ffffffa3f77a9800 x18: ffffffc020aae038 [ 2.796083] x17: ffffffa40e38e040 x16: ffffffa40e38e6d0 [ 2.796085] x15: ffffffa40e38e6cc x14: ffffffa40e38e6d0 [ 2.796086] x13: 00000000000004f6 x12: 00162c44ff493000 [ 2.796088] x11: 0000000000000400 x10: ffffffa40e38c948 [ 2.796090] x9 : 0000000000000000 x8 : 00000000000000a0 [ 2.796091] x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000d1060f00002a [ 2.796093] x5 : ffffffa3f48ff718 x4 : 000000000000000d [ 2.796094] x3 : 00000000060c0000 x2 : 0000000000000001 [ 2.796096] x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 00000000000000a0 [ 2.796098] Call trace:
 [ 2.796100] down_write+0x28/0x70 [ 2.796102] f2fs_quota_sync+0x100/0x294 [ 2.796104] block_operations+0x120/0x204 [ 2.796106] f2fs_write_checkpoint+0x11c/0x520 [ 2.796107] __checkpoint_and_complete_reqs+0x7c/0xd34 [ 2.796109] issue_checkpoint_thread+0x6c/0xb8 [ 2.796112] kthread+0x138/0x414 [ 2.796114] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18 [ 2.796117] Code: aa0803e0 aa1f03e1 52800022 aa0103e9 (c8e97d02) [ 2.796120] ---[ end trace 96e942e8eb6a0b53 ]--- [ 2.800116] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception [ 2.800120] SMP: stopping secondary CPUs

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?3b879704

http://www.nessus.org/u?9c3e3a55

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49282

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 271071

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2025-987582.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-2022-49282

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: 10/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-49282