Unity Linux 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-004716)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 290191

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-2026-004716 advisory.

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 5.4 and 5.5 through 5.5.6 on the AArch64 architecture. It ignores the top byte in the address passed to the brk system call, potentially moving the memory break downwards when the application expects it to move upwards, aka CID-dcde237319e6. This has been observed to cause heap corruption with the GNU C Library malloc implementation.

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?4ac766ba

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/25/6

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1797052

http://www.nessus.org/u?5ff9ca95

http://www.nessus.org/u?e5fcadd9

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-9391

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200313-0003/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 290191

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-004716.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/16/2026

Updated: 1/16/2026

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-2020-9391

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/UOS-Server/release, Host/UOS-Server/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/16/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/25/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-9391