Unity Linux 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-005668)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 300847

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-2026-005668 advisory.

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

cifs: Fix xid leak in cifs_flock()

If not flock, before return -ENOLCK, should free the xid, otherwise, the xid will be leaked.

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?7d4ad0ce

http://www.nessus.org/u?e1d9ee89

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50460

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 300847

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-005668.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 3/5/2026

Updated: 3/5/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-50460

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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: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: 3/3/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-50460