Unity Linux 20.1060a / 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-003999)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 288729

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-2026-003999 advisory.

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.9. arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c allows attackers to cause a denial of service (soft lockup) by triggering destruction of a large SEV VM (which requires unregistering many encrypted regions), aka CID-7be74942f184.

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?eea55cce

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.9

http://www.nessus.org/u?1b123b6d

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00015.html

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-36311

https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4941

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 288729

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-003999.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 1/16/2026

Updated: 1/17/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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-2020-36311

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: 1/16/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/6/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-36311