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Unity Linux 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-989174)

🗓️ 05 Nov 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Unity Linux 20.1070a kernel fix for can_get_echo_skb in hard IRQ; skb free is now safe.

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

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(273580);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/11/05");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2020-36789");

  script_name(english:"Unity Linux 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-989174)");

  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-2025-989174 advisory.

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

    can: dev: can_get_echo_skb(): prevent call to kfree_skb() in hard IRQ context

    If a driver calls can_get_echo_skb() during a hardware IRQ (which is often, but
    not always, the case), the 'WARN_ON(in_irq)' in
    net/core/skbuff.c#skb_release_head_state() might be triggered, under network
    congestion circumstances, together with the potential risk of a NULL pointer
    dereference.

    The root cause of this issue is the call to kfree_skb() instead of
    dev_kfree_skb_irq() in net/core/dev.c#enqueue_to_backlog().

    This patch prevents the skb to be freed within the call to netif_rx() by
    incrementing its reference count with skb_get(). The skb is finally freed by
    one of the in-irq-context safe functions: dev_consume_skb_any() or
    dev_kfree_skb_any(). The any version is used because some drivers might call
    can_get_echo_skb() in a normal context.

    The reason for this issue to occur is that initially, in the core network
    stack, loopback skb were not supposed to be received in hardware IRQ context.
    The CAN stack is an exeption.

    This bug was previously reported back in 2017 in [1] but the proposed patch
    never got accepted.

    While [1] directly modifies net/core/dev.c, we try to propose here a
    smoother modification local to CAN network stack (the assumption
    behind is that only CAN devices are affected by this issue).

    [1] http://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]

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-2025-989174
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?bc91c95e");
  # https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025041732-CVE-2020-36789-bb60@gregkh
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?b798748d");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36789");
  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-2020-36789");

  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:"2025/04/17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/11/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/11/05");

  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:"^20.1070a([^0-9]|$)", string:os_version)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'UOS Server 20.1070a', '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 && 'loongarch64' >!< cpu && 'x86_64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'UOS Server', cpu);


var constraints = [
  {
    'release': '20',
    'sp': '1070a',
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'kernel-5.10.0-79.4.2', 'sp':'1070a', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-5.10.0-79.4.2', 'sp':'1070a', 'cpu':'amd64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-5.10.0-79.4.2', 'sp':'1070a', 'cpu':'loongarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-5.10.0-79.4.2', 'sp':'1070a', '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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05 Nov 2025 00:00Current
6.1Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.1
CVSS 3.15.5
EPSS0.00155
SSVC
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