Unity Linux 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-005624)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 300891

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-2026-005624 advisory.

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

samples/bpf: Fix fout leak in hbm's run_bpf_prog

Fix fout being fopen'ed but then not subsequently fclose'd. In the affected branch, fout is otherwise going out of scope.

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

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53290

http://www.nessus.org/u?fc83ceab

http://www.nessus.org/u?fa38f99b

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 300891

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-005624.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-2023-53290

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-2023-53290