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Unity Linux 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-989907)

🗓️ 05 Nov 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Unity Linux kernel update reinstates and implements IGC_REMOVED logic to handle 0xffffffff MMIO reads in igc driver.

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

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(273699);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/11/05");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2022-49605");

  script_name(english:"Unity Linux 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-989907)");

  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-2025-989907 advisory.

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

    igc: Reinstate IGC_REMOVED logic and implement it properly

    The initially merged version of the igc driver code (via commit
    146740f9abc4, igc: Add support for PF) contained the following
    IGC_REMOVED checks in the igc_rd32/wr32() MMIO accessors:

            u32 igc_rd32(struct igc_hw *hw, u32 reg)
            {
                    u8 __iomem *hw_addr = READ_ONCE(hw->hw_addr);
                    u32 value = 0;

                    if (IGC_REMOVED(hw_addr))
                            return ~value;

                    value = readl(&hw_addr[reg]);

                    /* reads should not return all F's */
                    if (!(~value) && (!reg || !(~readl(hw_addr))))
                            hw->hw_addr = NULL;

                    return value;
            }

    And:

            #define wr32(reg, val) \
            do { \
                    u8 __iomem *hw_addr = READ_ONCE((hw)->hw_addr); \
                    if (!IGC_REMOVED(hw_addr)) \
                            writel((val), &hw_addr[(reg)]); \
            } while (0)

    E.g. igb has similar checks in its MMIO accessors, and has a similar
    macro E1000_REMOVED, which is implemented as follows:

            #define E1000_REMOVED(h) unlikely(!(h))

    These checks serve to detect and take note of an 0xffffffff MMIO read
    return from the device, which can be caused by a PCIe link flap or some
    other kind of PCI bus error, and to avoid performing MMIO reads and
    writes from that point onwards.

    However, the IGC_REMOVED macro was not originally implemented:

            #ifndef IGC_REMOVED
            #define IGC_REMOVED(a) (0)
            #endif /* IGC_REMOVED */

    This led to the IGC_REMOVED logic to be removed entirely in a
    subsequent commit (commit 3c215fb18e70, igc: remove IGC_REMOVED
    function), with the rationale that such checks matter only for
    virtualization and that igc does not support virtualization -- but a
    PCIe device can become detached even without virtualization being in
    use, and without proper checks, a PCIe bus error affecting an igc
    adapter will lead to various NULL pointer dereferences, as the first
    access after the error will set hw->hw_addr to NULL, and subsequent
    accesses will blindly dereference this now-NULL pointer.

    This patch reinstates the IGC_REMOVED checks in igc_rd32/wr32(), and
    implements IGC_REMOVED the way it is done for igb, by checking for the
    unlikely() case of hw_addr being NULL.  This change prevents the oopses
    seen when a PCIe link flap occurs on an igc adapter.

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-2025-989907
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?b5728eb0");
  # https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025022612-CVE-2022-49605-fef2@gregkh
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?b1fbdb29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49605");
  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-2022-49605");

  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:"2022/11/08");
  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
6.2Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.2
CVSS 3.15.5
EPSS0.00245
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