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Unity Linux 20.1050e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-021633)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 315883

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-2026-021633 advisory.

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

 drm/amd/pm: ensure the fw_info is not null before using it

 This resolves the dereference null return value warning reported by Coverity.

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?b4c222b6

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49890

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 315883

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-021633.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 5/20/2026

Updated: 5/20/2026

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-2024-49890

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: 5/21/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-49890