Unity Linux 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-004488)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 290195

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-2026-004488 advisory.

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's EBPF verifier when handling internal data structures.
Internal memory locations could be returned to userspace. A local attacker with the permissions to insert eBPF code to the kernel can use this to leak internal kernel memory details defeating some of the exploit mitigations in place for the kernel.

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?0ae6478d

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4159

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2036024

http://www.nessus.org/u?8ae89ff6

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00000.html

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-4159

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 290195

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-004488.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/16/2026

Updated: 1/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-4159

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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: 8/24/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-4159