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Unity Linux 20.1050e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-005082)

high Nessus Plugin ID 296862

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-2026-005082 advisory.

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

 drm/amdgpu: Using uninitialized value *size when calling amdgpu_vce_cs_reloc

 Initialize the size before calling amdgpu_vce_cs_reloc, such as case 0x03000001.
 V2: To really improve the handling we would actually need to have a separate value of 0xffffffff.(Christian)

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?678debf7

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42228

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 296862

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-005082.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

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-42228

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/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: 1/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/30/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-42228