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Unity Linux 20.1050e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-005014)

high Nessus Plugin ID 296734

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-2026-005014 advisory.

 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

 smb: client: fix use-after-free bug in cifs_debug_data_proc_show()

 Skip SMB sessions that are being teared down (e.g. @ses->ses_status == SES_EXITING) in cifs_debug_data_proc_show() to avoid use-after-free in @ses.

 This fixes the following GPF when reading from /proc/fs/cifs/DebugData while mounting and umounting

 [ 816.251274] general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0x6b6b6b6b6b6b6d81: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI ...
 [ 816.260138] Call Trace:
 [ 816.260329] <TASK> [ 816.260499] ? die_addr+0x36/0x90 [ 816.260762] ? exc_general_protection+0x1b3/0x410 [ 816.261126] ? asm_exc_general_protection+0x26/0x30 [ 816.261502] ? cifs_debug_tcon+0xbd/0x240 [cifs] [ 816.261878] ? cifs_debug_tcon+0xab/0x240 [cifs] [ 816.262249] cifs_debug_data_proc_show+0x516/0xdb0 [cifs] [ 816.262689] ? seq_read_iter+0x379/0x470 [ 816.262995] seq_read_iter+0x118/0x470 [ 816.263291] proc_reg_read_iter+0x53/0x90 [ 816.263596] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f [ 816.263945] vfs_read+0x201/0x350 [ 816.264211] ksys_read+0x75/0x100 [ 816.264472] do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x90 [ 816.264750] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8 [ 816.265135] RIP: 0033:0x7fd5e669d381

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?ea7c9e88

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52752

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 296734

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-005014.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/27/2026

Updated: 1/27/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-52752

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: 1/27/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-52752