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Unity Linux 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-003198)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 284868
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-2026-003198 advisory.An issue was discovered in fs/f2fs/inline.c in the Linux kernel through 4.4. A denial of service (out-of- bounds memory access and BUG) can occur for a modified f2fs filesystem image in which an inline inode contains an invalid reserved blkaddr.
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?b3fb9e04
http://www.nessus.org/u?04f2d412
http://www.nessus.org/u?4e81d80c
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104680
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200179
http://www.nessus.org/u?a2a8ef77
http://www.nessus.org/u?b95ebf02
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2018/Oct/4
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jan/52
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-13099
https://sourceforge.net/p/linux-f2fs/mailman/message/36356878/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3932-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3932-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 284868
File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-003198.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Published: 1/15/2026
Updated: 1/16/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-13099
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/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 Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/15/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/22/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-13099