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Unity Linux 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-010903)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 308939

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-2026-010903 advisory.

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

 drm/msm/adreno: Fix null ptr access in adreno_gpu_cleanup()

 Fix the below kernel panic due to null pointer access:
 [ 18.504431] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000048 [ 18.513464] Mem abort info:
 [ 18.516346] ESR = 0x0000000096000005 [ 18.520204] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits [ 18.525706] SET = 0, FnV = 0 [ 18.528878] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 [ 18.532117] FSC = 0x05: level 1 translation fault [ 18.537138] Data abort info:
 [ 18.540110] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000005 [ 18.544060] CM = 0, WnR = 0 [ 18.547109] user pgtable: 4k pages, 39-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000112826000 [ 18.553738] [0000000000000048] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000, pud=0000000000000000 [ 18.562690] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000005 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
 **Snip** [ 18.696758] Call trace:
 [ 18.699278] adreno_gpu_cleanup+0x30/0x88 [ 18.703396] a6xx_destroy+0xc0/0x130 [ 18.707066] a6xx_gpu_init+0x308/0x424 [ 18.710921] adreno_bind+0x178/0x288 [ 18.714590] component_bind_all+0xe0/0x214 [ 18.718797] msm_drm_bind+0x1d4/0x614 [ 18.722566] try_to_bring_up_aggregate_device+0x16c/0x1b8 [ 18.728105] __component_add+0xa0/0x158 [ 18.732048] component_add+0x20/0x2c [ 18.735719] adreno_probe+0x40/0xc0 [ 18.739300] platform_probe+0xb4/0xd4 [ 18.743068] really_probe+0xfc/0x284 [ 18.746738] __driver_probe_device+0xc0/0xec [ 18.751129] driver_probe_device+0x48/0x110 [ 18.755421] __device_attach_driver+0xa8/0xd0 [ 18.759900] bus_for_each_drv+0x90/0xdc [ 18.763843] __device_attach+0xfc/0x174 [ 18.767786] device_initial_probe+0x20/0x2c [ 18.772090] bus_probe_device+0x40/0xa0 [ 18.776032] deferred_probe_work_func+0x94/0xd0 [ 18.780686] process_one_work+0x190/0x3d0 [ 18.784805] worker_thread+0x280/0x3d4 [ 18.788659] kthread+0x104/0x1c0 [ 18.791981] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 [ 18.795654] Code: f9400408 aa0003f3 aa1f03f4 91142015 (f9402516) [ 18.801913] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- [ 18.809039] Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops: Fatal exception

 Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/515605/

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?d8eeea32

http://www.nessus.org/u?a17a778a

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-54199

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 308939

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-010903.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: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-54199

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: 4/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-54199