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Unity Linux 20.1050e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-990134)
high Nessus Plugin ID 272322
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-2025-990134 advisory.In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fs/jfs: Add validity check for db_maxag and db_agpref
Both db_maxag and db_agpref are used as the index of the db_agfree array, but there is currently no validity check for db_maxag and db_agpref, which can lead to errors.
The following is related bug reported by Syzbot:
UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:639:20 index 7936 is out of range for type 'atomic_t[128]'
Add checking that the values of db_maxag and db_agpref are valid indexes for the db_agfree array.
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?850d48bc
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 272322
File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2025-990134.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Published: 11/5/2025
Updated: 11/5/2025
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-2023-52804
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: 11/5/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/9/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-52804