Unity Linux 20.1060a / 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-004191)

high Nessus Plugin ID 288536

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-2026-004191 advisory.

A TOCTOU mismatch in the NFS client code in the Linux kernel before 5.8.3 could be used by local attackers to corrupt memory or possibly have unspecified other impact because a size check is in fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c instead of fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c, aka CID-b4487b935452.

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?3d7e97e1

http://www.nessus.org/u?16471c42

http://www.nessus.org/u?e6b0e447

http://www.nessus.org/u?6f5b9fbb

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.3

http://www.nessus.org/u?ad8eaa75

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-25212

https://twitter.com/grsecurity/status/1303370421958578179

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4525-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4527-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4578-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 288536

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-004191.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 1/16/2026

Updated: 1/17/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-25212

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/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/UOS-Server/release, Host/UOS-Server/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/16/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/9/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-25212