Unity Linux 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-989664)

high Nessus Plugin ID 273635

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-2025-989664 advisory.

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

media: pvrusb2: fix array-index-out-of-bounds in pvr2_i2c_core_init

Syzbot reported that -1 is used as array index. The problem was in missing validation check.

hdw->unit_number is initialized with -1 and then if init table walk fails this value remains unchanged. Since code blindly uses this member for array indexing adding sanity check is the easiest fix for that.

hdw->workpoll initialization moved upper to prevent warning in
__flush_work.

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?b21db52e

http://www.nessus.org/u?2a7450db

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49478

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 273635

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2025-989664.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-2022-49478

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: 2/26/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-49478