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Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-986565)

🗓️ 07 Oct 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Unity Linux 20.1070e kernel fix for uninitialized value in hfsplus copy_name; strbuf memory is now initialized to zero.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(268237);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/10/15");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2024-41059");

  script_name(english:"Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-986565)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The Unity Linux host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the
UTSA-2025-986565 advisory.

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

    hfsplus: fix uninit-value in copy_name

    [syzbot reported]
    BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in sized_strscpy+0xc4/0x160
     sized_strscpy+0xc4/0x160
     copy_name+0x2af/0x320 fs/hfsplus/xattr.c:411
     hfsplus_listxattr+0x11e9/0x1a50 fs/hfsplus/xattr.c:750
     vfs_listxattr fs/xattr.c:493 [inline]
     listxattr+0x1f3/0x6b0 fs/xattr.c:840
     path_listxattr fs/xattr.c:864 [inline]
     __do_sys_listxattr fs/xattr.c:876 [inline]
     __se_sys_listxattr fs/xattr.c:873 [inline]
     __x64_sys_listxattr+0x16b/0x2f0 fs/xattr.c:873
     x64_sys_call+0x2ba0/0x3b50 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:195
     do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
     do_syscall_64+0xcf/0x1e0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
     entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

    Uninit was created at:
     slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:3877 [inline]
     slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3918 [inline]
     kmalloc_trace+0x57b/0xbe0 mm/slub.c:4065
     kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:628 [inline]
     hfsplus_listxattr+0x4cc/0x1a50 fs/hfsplus/xattr.c:699
     vfs_listxattr fs/xattr.c:493 [inline]
     listxattr+0x1f3/0x6b0 fs/xattr.c:840
     path_listxattr fs/xattr.c:864 [inline]
     __do_sys_listxattr fs/xattr.c:876 [inline]
     __se_sys_listxattr fs/xattr.c:873 [inline]
     __x64_sys_listxattr+0x16b/0x2f0 fs/xattr.c:873
     x64_sys_call+0x2ba0/0x3b50 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:195
     do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
     do_syscall_64+0xcf/0x1e0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
     entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
    [Fix]
    When allocating memory to strbuf, initialize memory to 0.

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.");
  # https://src.uniontech.com/#/security_advisory_detail?utsa_id=UTSA-2025-986565
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?5720abf7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41059");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected kernel package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2024-41059");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2024/07/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/09/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/10/07");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Unity Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info2.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/UOS-Server/release", "Host/UOS-Server/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}
include('rpm2.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || 'UOS Server' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'UOS Server');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'UOS Server');
if (! preg(pattern:"^20.1070e([^0-9]|$)", string:os_version)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'UOS Server 20.1070e', 'UOS Server ' + os_version);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/UOS-Server/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('aarch64' >!< cpu && 'amd64' >!< cpu && 'x86_64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'UOS Server', cpu);


var constraints = [
  {
    'release': '20',
    'sp': '1070e',
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'kernel-4.19.90-2403.3.0.0270.103.002', 'sp':'1070e', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-4.19.90-2403.3.0.0270.103.002', 'sp':'1070e', 'cpu':'amd64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-4.19.90-2403.3.0.0270.103.002', 'sp':'1070e', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
    ]
  }
];

var os_release = get_one_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
var os_sp = get_one_kb_item('Host/*/minor_release');

var flag = 0;
var reference;
var sp;
var _cpu;
var el_string;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp;
var epoch;
var allowmaj;
var exists_check;
var cves;
foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
  # Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
    if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
  }
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['sp'])){
    if (constraint['sp'] != os_sp) continue;
  }
  foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
    reference = NULL;
    sp = NULL;
    _cpu = NULL;
    el_string = NULL;
    rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    epoch = NULL;
    allowmaj = NULL;
    exists_check = NULL;
    cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (reference &&
        ## (no known rpm to check OR known rpm_exists)
        (!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check)) &&
        rpm_check(sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}


if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'kernel');
}

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15 Oct 2025 00:00Current
6.1Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.1
CVSS 3.17.1
EPSS0.00269
SSVC
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