Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-000767)

high Nessus Plugin ID 290944

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-2026-000767 advisory.

Use-after-free vulnerability in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel through 3.8.4 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that triggers use of a guest physical address (GPA) in (1) movable or (2) removable memory during an MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME kvm_set_msr_common operation.

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?2ee0436e

http://www.nessus.org/u?4a1c01da

http://www.nessus.org/u?4c41241b

http://www.nessus.org/u?043efb17

http://www.nessus.org/u?f589e51a

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0727.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0746.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0928.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1026.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/20/9

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1809-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1812-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1813-1

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=917013

http://www.nessus.org/u?9179979c

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1797

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 290944

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-000767.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/16/2026

Updated: 1/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-1797

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/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: 1/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/18/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1797