Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-000631)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 290507

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-2026-000631 advisory.

Race condition in the ldsem_cmpxchg function in drivers/tty/tty_ldsem.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13-rc4-next-20131218 allows local users to cause a denial of service (ldsem_down_read and ldsem_down_write deadlock) by establishing a new tty thread during shutdown of a previous tty thread.

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?3f0600c7

http://www.nessus.org/u?5a9cbe8f

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/26/1

http://www.nessus.org/u?62b02229

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74820

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1395

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218879

http://www.nessus.org/u?dc60ae1b

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-4170

http://www.nessus.org/u?b3b16703

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 290507

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-000631.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: 4.7

Temporal Score: 3.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-4170

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/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: 1/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/26/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-4170