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Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-992164)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 280465

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-2025-992164 advisory.

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

 wifi: ath9k: hif_usb: clean up skbs if ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream() fails

 Syzkaller detected a memory leak of skbs in ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream().
 While processing skbs in ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream(), the already allocated skbs in skb_pool are not freed if ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream() fails. If we have an incorrect pkt_len or pkt_tag, the input skb is considered invalid and dropped. All the associated packets already in skb_pool should be dropped and freed. Added a comment describing this issue.

 The patch also makes remain_skb NULL after being processed so that it cannot be referenced after potential free. The initialization of hif_dev fields which are associated with remain_skb (rx_remain_len, rx_transfer_len and rx_pad_len) is moved after a new remain_skb is allocated.

 Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.

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?f273201f

http://www.nessus.org/u?8f0c16ef

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53199

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 280465

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2025-992164.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 12/30/2025

Updated: 12/30/2025

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-2023-53199

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/UOS-Server/release, Host/UOS-Server/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/30/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-53199