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Unity Linux 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-990364)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 272644

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-2025-990364 advisory.

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

 scsi: hisi_sas: Add cond_resched() for no forced preemption model

 For no forced preemption model kernel, in the scenario where the expander is connected to 12 high performance SAS SSDs, the following call trace may occur:

 [ 214.409199][ C240] watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#240 stuck for 22s! [irq/149-hisi_sa:3211] [ 214.568533][ C240] pstate: 60400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO BTYPE=--) [ 214.575224][ C240] pc : fput_many+0x8c/0xdc [ 214.579480][ C240] lr : fput+0x1c/0xf0 [ 214.583302][ C240] sp : ffff80002de2b900 [ 214.587298][ C240] x29: ffff80002de2b900 x28: ffff1082aa412000 [ 214.593291][ C240] x27: ffff3062a0348c08 x26: ffff80003a9f6000 [ 214.599284][ C240] x25: ffff1062bbac5c40 x24: 0000000000001000 [ 214.605277][ C240] x23: 000000000000000a x22: 0000000000000001 [ 214.611270][ C240] x21: 0000000000001000 x20: 0000000000000000 [ 214.617262][ C240] x19: ffff3062a41ae580 x18: 0000000000010000 [ 214.623255][ C240] x17: 0000000000000001 x16: ffffdb3a6efe5fc0 [ 214.629248][ C240] x15: ffffffffffffffff x14: 0000000003ffffff [ 214.635241][ C240] x13: 000000000000ffff x12: 000000000000029c [ 214.641234][ C240] x11: 0000000000000006 x10: ffff80003a9f7fd0 [ 214.647226][ C240] x9 : ffffdb3a6f0482fc x8 : 0000000000000001 [ 214.653219][ C240] x7 : 0000000000000002 x6 : 0000000000000080 [ 214.659212][ C240] x5 : ffff55480ee9b000 x4 : fffffde7f94c6554 [ 214.665205][ C240] x3 : 0000000000000002 x2 : 0000000000000020 [ 214.671198][ C240] x1 : 0000000000000021 x0 : ffff3062a41ae5b8 [ 214.677191][ C240] Call trace:
 [ 214.680320][ C240] fput_many+0x8c/0xdc [ 214.684230][ C240] fput+0x1c/0xf0 [ 214.687707][ C240] aio_complete_rw+0xd8/0x1fc [ 214.692225][ C240] blkdev_bio_end_io+0x98/0x140 [ 214.696917][ C240] bio_endio+0x160/0x1bc [ 214.701001][ C240] blk_update_request+0x1c8/0x3bc [ 214.705867][ C240] scsi_end_request+0x3c/0x1f0 [ 214.710471][ C240] scsi_io_completion+0x7c/0x1a0 [ 214.715249][ C240] scsi_finish_command+0x104/0x140 [ 214.720200][ C240] scsi_softirq_done+0x90/0x180 [ 214.724892][ C240] blk_mq_complete_request+0x5c/0x70 [ 214.730016][ C240] scsi_mq_done+0x48/0xac [ 214.734194][ C240] sas_scsi_task_done+0xbc/0x16c [libsas] [ 214.739758][ C240] slot_complete_v3_hw+0x260/0x760 [hisi_sas_v3_hw] [ 214.746185][ C240] cq_thread_v3_hw+0xbc/0x190 [hisi_sas_v3_hw] [ 214.752179][ C240] irq_thread_fn+0x34/0xa4 [ 214.756435][ C240] irq_thread+0xc4/0x130 [ 214.760520][ C240] kthread+0x108/0x13c [ 214.764430][ C240] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18

 This is because in the hisi_sas driver, both the hardware interrupt handler and the interrupt thread are executed on the same CPU. In the performance test scenario, function irq_wait_for_interrupt() will always return 0 if lots of interrupts occurs and the CPU will be continuously consumed. As a result, the CPU cannot run the watchdog thread. When the watchdog time exceeds the specified time, call trace occurs.

 To fix it, add cond_resched() to execute the watchdog thread.

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?9ffd59ee

http://www.nessus.org/u?ecc7c653

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56589

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 272644

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2025-990364.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 11/5/2025

Updated: 11/5/2025

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-2024-56589

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: 11/5/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/27/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-56589