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Unity Linux 20.1050e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-006790)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 305557

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-2026-006790 advisory.

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

 net: mvpp2: clear BM pool before initialization

 Register value persist after booting the kernel using kexec which results in kernel panic. Thus clear the BM pool registers before initialisation to fix the issue.

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?6fe45700

http://www.nessus.org/u?606ebaa6

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35837

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 305557

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-006790.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: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-35837

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/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: 7/21/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-35837