Unity Linux 20.1060a / 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-002359)

high Nessus Plugin ID 284957

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-2026-002359 advisory.

Buffer overflow in the complete_emulated_mmio function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.6 allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS by leveraging a loop that triggers an invalid memory copy affecting certain cancel_work_item data.

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?71309fe3

http://www.nessus.org/u?328d499e

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.6

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/03/1

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062368

http://www.nessus.org/u?0c485364

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0049

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 284957

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-002359.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/15/2026

Updated: 1/15/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-0049

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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: 1/15/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/3/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0049