Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-989323)

high Nessus Plugin ID 272854

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-2025-989323 advisory.

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

jfs: fix shift-out-of-bounds in dbSplit

When dmt_budmin is less than zero, it causes errors in the later stages. Added a check to return an error beforehand in dbAllocCtl itself.

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 272854

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2025-989323.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Unity Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 11/5/2025

Updated: 11/5/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-56597

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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-2024-56597

Detections

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