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Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-990762)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 275025

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-2025-990762 advisory.

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

 nfc: fdp: add null check of devm_kmalloc_array in fdp_nci_i2c_read_device_properties

 devm_kmalloc_array may fails, *fw_vsc_cfg might be null and cause out-of-bounds write in device_property_read_u8_array later.

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?32ab0b70

http://www.nessus.org/u?4a820408

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53139

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 275025

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2025-990762.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 11/12/2025

Updated: 11/12/2025

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-2023-53139

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: 11/12/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/2/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-53139