Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-989851)

high Nessus Plugin ID 273387

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-2025-989851 advisory.

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

drm/amd/display: Check index msg_id before read or write

[WHAT] msg_id is used as an array index and it cannot be a negative value, and therefore cannot be equal to MOD_HDCP_MESSAGE_ID_INVALID (-1).

[HOW] Check whether msg_id is valid before reading and setting.

This fixes 4 OVERRUN issues reported by Coverity.

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: 273387

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2025-989851.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: 6.7

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-2024-42121

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: 7/30/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-42121

Detections

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