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Unity Linux 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-990570)

🗓️ 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Unity Linux 20 kernel fixes m68k spinlock race during kernel thread creation.

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

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(274288);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/11/06");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2024-38613");

  script_name(english:"Unity Linux 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-990570)");

  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-2025-990570 advisory.

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

    m68k: Fix spinlock race in kernel thread creation

    Context switching does take care to retain the correct lock owner across
    the switch from 'prev' to 'next' tasks.  This does rely on interrupts
    remaining disabled for the entire duration of the switch.

    This condition is guaranteed for normal process creation and context
    switching between already running processes, because both 'prev' and
    'next' already have interrupts disabled in their saved copies of the
    status register.

    The situation is different for newly created kernel threads.  The status
    register is set to PS_S in copy_thread(), which does leave the IPL at 0.
    Upon restoring the 'next' thread's status register in switch_to() aka
    resume(), interrupts then become enabled prematurely.  resume() then
    returns via ret_from_kernel_thread() and schedule_tail() where run queue
    lock is released (see finish_task_switch() and finish_lock_switch()).

    A timer interrupt calling scheduler_tick() before the lock is released
    in finish_task_switch() will find the lock already taken, with the
    current task as lock owner.  This causes a spinlock recursion warning as
    reported by Guenter Roeck.

    As far as I can ascertain, this race has been opened in commit
    533e6903bea0 (m68k: split ret_from_fork(), simplify kernel_thread())
    but I haven't done a detailed study of kernel history so it may well
    predate that commit.

    Interrupts cannot be disabled in the saved status register copy for
    kernel threads (init will complain about interrupts disabled when
    finally starting user space).  Disable interrupts temporarily when
    switching the tasks' register sets in resume().

    Note that a simple oriw 0x700,%sr after restoring sr is not enough here
    - this leaves enough of a race for the 'spinlock recursion' warning to
    still be observed.

    Tested on ARAnyM and qemu (Quadra 800 emulation).

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-2025-990570
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?1cbed0af");
  # https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024061922-CVE-2024-38613-abc6@gregkh
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?7479f47f");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38613");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected kernel package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/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:H/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-2024-38613");

  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:"2024/06/19");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/11/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/11/06");

  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-4.19.0-91.82.190.003', 'sp':'1070a', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-4.19.0-91.82.190.003', 'sp':'1070a', 'cpu':'amd64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-4.19.0-91.82.190.003', 'sp':'1070a', 'cpu':'loongarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-4.19.0-91.82.190.003', '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_NOTE,
      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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06 Nov 2025 00:00Current
6.1Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.1
CVSS 3.14.7
EPSS0.00178
SSVC
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