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Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-000996)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 291182
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-2026-000996 advisory.The WRMSR processing functionality in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not properly handle the writing of a non-canonical address to a model-specific register, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) by leveraging guest OS privileges, related to the wrmsr_interception function in arch/x86/kvm/svm.c and the handle_wrmsr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c.
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?64aad086
http://www.nessus.org/u?f2014632
http://www.nessus.org/u?a205692b
http://www.nessus.org/u?f0ab19d3
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0869.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3060
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/24/9
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70742
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2394-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2417-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2418-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2491-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1144883
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 291182
File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-000996.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: Medium
Base Score: 4.9
Temporal Score: 3.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3610
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: 1/14/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/24/2014
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2014-3610