Unity Linux 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-013036)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 307866

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-2026-013036 advisory.

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

Bluetooth: SCO: Fix UAF on sco_conn_free

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in sco_conn_free net/bluetooth/sco.c:87 [inline] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in sco_conn_put+0xdd/0x410 net/bluetooth/sco.c:107 Write of size 8 at addr ffff88811cb96b50 by task kworker/u17:4/352

CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 352 Comm: kworker/u17:4 Not tainted 6.17.0-rc5-g717368f83676 #4 PREEMPT(voluntary) Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014 Workqueue: hci13 hci_cmd_sync_work Call Trace:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x10b/0x170 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline] print_report+0x191/0x550 mm/kasan/report.c:482 kasan_report+0xc4/0x100 mm/kasan/report.c:595 sco_conn_free net/bluetooth/sco.c:87 [inline] kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline] sco_conn_put+0xdd/0x410 net/bluetooth/sco.c:107 sco_connect_cfm+0xb4/0xae0 net/bluetooth/sco.c:1441 hci_connect_cfm include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h:2082 [inline] hci_conn_failed+0x20a/0x2e0 net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c:1313 hci_conn_unlink+0x55f/0x810 net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c:1121 hci_conn_del+0xb6/0x1110 net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c:1147 hci_abort_conn_sync+0x8c5/0xbb0 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:5689 hci_cmd_sync_work+0x281/0x380 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:332 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3236 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0x77e/0x1040 kernel/workqueue.c:3319 worker_thread+0xbee/0x1200 kernel/workqueue.c:3400 kthread+0x3c7/0x870 kernel/kthread.c:463 ret_from_fork+0x13a/0x1e0 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245 </TASK>

Allocated by task 31370:
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x30/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:68 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:388 [inline]
__kasan_kmalloc+0x82/0x90 mm/kasan/common.c:405 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:260 [inline]
__do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:4382 [inline]
__kmalloc_noprof+0x22f/0x390 mm/slub.c:4394 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:909 [inline] sk_prot_alloc+0xae/0x220 net/core/sock.c:2239 sk_alloc+0x34/0x5a0 net/core/sock.c:2295 bt_sock_alloc+0x3c/0x330 net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c:151 sco_sock_alloc net/bluetooth/sco.c:562 [inline] sco_sock_create+0xc0/0x350 net/bluetooth/sco.c:593 bt_sock_create+0x161/0x3b0 net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c:135
__sock_create+0x3ad/0x780 net/socket.c:1589 sock_create net/socket.c:1647 [inline]
__sys_socket_create net/socket.c:1684 [inline]
__sys_socket+0xd5/0x330 net/socket.c:1731
__do_sys_socket net/socket.c:1745 [inline]
__se_sys_socket net/socket.c:1743 [inline]
__x64_sys_socket+0x7a/0x90 net/socket.c:1743 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xc7/0x240 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

Freed by task 31374:
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x30/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:68 kasan_save_free_info+0x40/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:576 poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:243 [inline]
__kasan_slab_free+0x3d/0x50 mm/kasan/common.c:275 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:233 [inline] slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2428 [inline] slab_free mm/slub.c:4701 [inline] kfree+0x199/0x3b0 mm/slub.c:4900 sk_prot_free net/core/sock.c:2278 [inline]
__sk_destruct+0x4aa/0x630 net/core/sock.c:2373 sco_sock_release+0x2ad/0x300 net/bluetooth/sco.c:1333
__sock_release net/socket.c:649 [inline] sock_close+0xb8/0x230 net/socket.c:1439
__fput+0x3d1/0x9e0 fs/file_table.c:468 task_work_run+0x206/0x2a0 kernel/task_work.c:227 get_signal+0x1201/0x1410 kernel/signal.c:2807 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x34/0x740 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:337 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x68/0xc0 kernel/entry/common.c:40 exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:225 [inline] s
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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?88193cdf

http://www.nessus.org/u?47ad5776

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40309

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 307866

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-013036.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 4/21/2026

Updated: 4/21/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-40309

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: 4/21/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/8/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-40309