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Unity Linux 20.1060a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-002773)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 284882
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-2026-002773 advisory.An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.3. An Integer Overflow in kernel/time/posix- timers.c in the POSIX timer code is caused by the way the overrun accounting works. Depending on interval and expiry time values, the overrun can be larger than INT_MAX, but the accounting is int based. This basically makes the accounting values, which are visible to user space via timer_getoverrun(2) and siginfo::si_overrun, random. For example, a local user can cause a denial of service (signed integer overflow) via crafted mmap, futex, timer_create, and timer_settime system calls.
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?9029cb97
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200189
https://github.com/lcytxw/bug_repro/tree/master/bug_200189
http://www.nessus.org/u?70a41966
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00004.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-12896
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-3/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3848-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3848-2/
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 284882
File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-002773.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Published: 1/15/2026
Updated: 1/15/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 2.1
Temporal Score: 1.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-12896
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 5
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: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: 7/2/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-12896