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Unity Linux 20.1050e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-006830)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 305308
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-2026-006830 advisory.In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: do not free live element
Pablo reports a crash with large batches of elements with a back-to-back add/remove pattern. Quoting Pablo:
add_elem(00000000) timeout 100 ms ...
add_elem(0000000X) timeout 100 ms del_elem(0000000X) <---------------- delete one that was just added ...
add_elem(00005000) timeout 100 ms
1) nft_pipapo_remove() removes element 0000000X Then, KASAN shows a splat.
Looking at the remove function there is a chance that we will drop a rule that maps to a non-deactivated element.
Removal happens in two steps, first we do a lookup for key k and return the to-be-removed element and mark it as inactive in the next generation.
Then, in a second step, the element gets removed from the set/map.
The _remove function does not work correctly if we have more than one element that share the same key.
This can happen if we insert an element into a set when the set already holds an element with same key, but the element mapping to the existing key has timed out or is not active in the next generation.
In such case its possible that removal will unmap the wrong element.
If this happens, we will leak the non-deactivated element, it becomes unreachable.
The element that got deactivated (and will be freed later) will remain reachable in the set data structure, this can result in a crash when such an element is retrieved during lookup (stale pointer).
Add a check that the fully matching key does in fact map to the element that we have marked as inactive in the deactivation step.
If not, we need to continue searching.
Add a bug/warn trap at the end of the function as well, the remove function must not ever be called with an invisible/unreachable/non-existent element.
v2: avoid uneeded temporary variable (Stefano)
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?f5b0d5da
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 305308
File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-006830.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Published: 4/8/2026
Updated: 4/8/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-26924
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.9
Temporal Score: 5.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/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/cpu, Host/UOS-Server/release, Host/UOS-Server/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/8/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/24/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-26924