Unity Linux 20.1050a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-146708)

high Nessus Plugin ID 373183

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-2026-146708 advisory.

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

drm/amdgpu/gfx6: Use PFP on the compute queues too

On GFX6, the compute rings use the same CP path as the graphics ring. The only difference is that they don't support draw commands. (As opposed to GFX7 and newer which have a separate command parser that is called MEC for compute queues.)

This means that we have to take into consideration that the PFP also exists on compute queues on GFX6:

Use PFP for register writes on both graphics and compute queues.

In the pipeline sync, use the PFP to wait for the previous fence (and not the ME) to prevent the PFP from starting to execute the next submission while the ME is still in the previous submission.

After a VM flush, emit PFP_SYNC_ME on compute queues as well.

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 373183

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-146708.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Unity Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/28/2026

Updated: 10/28/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 93.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-90286

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/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: 10/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/17/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-90286

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