Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-005429)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 300420

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-2026-005429 advisory.

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

mm: revert mm: shmem: fix data-race in shmem_getattr()

Revert d949d1d14fa2 (mm: shmem: fix data-race in shmem_getattr()) as suggested by Chuck [1]. It is causing deadlocks when accessing tmpfs over NFS.

As Hugh commented, added just to silence a syzbot sanitizer splat: added where there has never been any practical problem.

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 300420

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-005429.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Unity Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 3/3/2026

Updated: 3/3/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.8

Temporal Score: 2.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-53136

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/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: 3/2/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/4/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-53136

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