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Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-987575)

🗓️ 21 Oct 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Unity Linux kernel fix for netfilter IDLETIMER panic by initializing timer_type with kzalloc.

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

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(270942);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/10/21");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2021-47451");

  script_name(english:"Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-987575)");

  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-2025-987575 advisory.

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

    netfilter: xt_IDLETIMER: fix panic that occurs when timer_type has garbage value

    Currently, when the rule related to IDLETIMER is added, idletimer_tg timer
    structure is initialized by kmalloc on executing idletimer_tg_create
    function. However, in this process timer->timer_type is not defined to
    a specific value. Thus, timer->timer_type has garbage value and it occurs
    kernel panic. So, this commit fixes the panic by initializing
    timer->timer_type using kzalloc instead of kmalloc.

    Test commands:
        # iptables -A OUTPUT -j IDLETIMER --timeout 1 --label test
        $ cat /sys/class/xt_idletimer/timers/test
          Killed

    Splat looks like:
        BUG: KASAN: user-memory-access in alarm_expires_remaining+0x49/0x70
        Read of size 8 at addr 0000002e8c7bc4c8 by task cat/917
        CPU: 12 PID: 917 Comm: cat Not tainted 5.14.0+ #3 79940a339f71eb14fc81aee1757a20d5bf13eb0e
        Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.13.0-1ubuntu1.1 04/01/2014
        Call Trace:
         dump_stack_lvl+0x6e/0x9c
         kasan_report.cold+0x112/0x117
         ? alarm_expires_remaining+0x49/0x70
         __asan_load8+0x86/0xb0
         alarm_expires_remaining+0x49/0x70
         idletimer_tg_show+0xe5/0x19b [xt_IDLETIMER 11219304af9316a21bee5ba9d58f76a6b9bccc6d]
         dev_attr_show+0x3c/0x60
         sysfs_kf_seq_show+0x11d/0x1f0
         ? device_remove_bin_file+0x20/0x20
         kernfs_seq_show+0xa4/0xb0
         seq_read_iter+0x29c/0x750
         kernfs_fop_read_iter+0x25a/0x2c0
         ? __fsnotify_parent+0x3d1/0x570
         ? iov_iter_init+0x70/0x90
         new_sync_read+0x2a7/0x3d0
         ? __x64_sys_llseek+0x230/0x230
         ? rw_verify_area+0x81/0x150
         vfs_read+0x17b/0x240
         ksys_read+0xd9/0x180
         ? vfs_write+0x460/0x460
         ? do_syscall_64+0x16/0xc0
         ? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x79/0x120
         __x64_sys_read+0x43/0x50
         do_syscall_64+0x3b/0xc0
         entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
        RIP: 0033:0x7f0cdc819142
        Code: c0 e9 c2 fe ff ff 50 48 8d 3d 3a ca 0a 00 e8 f5 19 02 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 64 8b 04 25
    18 00 00 00 85 c0 75 10 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 56 c3 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 83 ec 28 48 89 54 24
        RSP: 002b:00007fff28eee5b8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000000
        RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000020000 RCX: 00007f0cdc819142
        RDX: 0000000000020000 RSI: 00007f0cdc032000 RDI: 0000000000000003
        RBP: 00007f0cdc032000 R08: 00007f0cdc031010 R09: 0000000000000000
        R10: 0000000000000022 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00005607e9ee31f0
        R13: 0000000000000003 R14: 0000000000020000 R15: 0000000000020000

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-2025-987575
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?4b258d72");
  # https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024052242-CVE-2021-47451-72c7@gregkh
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?f4570804");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-47451");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected kernel package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/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:N/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-2021-47451");

  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:"2024/02/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/10/15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/10/21");

  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-5.10.0-74.15', 'sp':'1070e', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-5.10.0-74.15', 'sp':'1070e', 'cpu':'amd64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-5.10.0-74.15', '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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21 Oct 2025 00:00Current
6.1Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.1
CVSS 3.15.5
EPSS0.00225
SSVC
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