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Unity Linux 20.1050e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-099975)

🗓️ 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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OCFS2 listxattr overflow causes kernel BUG and crash when inline xattrs fill the caller buffer exactly.

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

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(336096);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/08/17");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-53041");

  script_name(english:"Unity Linux 20.1050e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-099975)");

  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-2026-099975 advisory.

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

    ocfs2: fix listxattr handling when the buffer is full

    [BUG]
    If an OCFS2 inode has both inline and block-based xattrs, listxattr()
    can return a size larger than the caller's buffer when the inline names
    consume that buffer exactly.

    kernel BUG at mm/usercopy.c:102!
    Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
    RIP: 0010:usercopy_abort+0xb7/0xd0 mm/usercopy.c:102
    Call Trace:
     __check_heap_object+0xe3/0x120 mm/slub.c:8243
     check_heap_object mm/usercopy.c:196 [inline]
     __check_object_size mm/usercopy.c:250 [inline]
     __check_object_size+0x5c5/0x780 mm/usercopy.c:215
     check_object_size include/linux/ucopysize.h:22 [inline]
     check_copy_size include/linux/ucopysize.h:59 [inline]
     copy_to_user include/linux/uaccess.h:219 [inline]
     listxattr+0xb0/0x170 fs/xattr.c:926
     filename_listxattr fs/xattr.c:958 [inline]
     path_listxattrat+0x137/0x320 fs/xattr.c:988
     __do_sys_listxattr fs/xattr.c:1001 [inline]
     __se_sys_listxattr fs/xattr.c:998 [inline]
     __x64_sys_listxattr+0x7f/0xd0 fs/xattr.c:998
     ...

    [CAUSE]
    Commit 936b8834366e (ocfs2: Refactor xattr list and remove
    ocfs2_xattr_handler().) replaced the old per-handler list accounting
    with ocfs2_xattr_list_entry(), but it kept using size == 0 to detect
    probe mode.

    That assumption stops being true once ocfs2_listxattr() finishes the
    inline-xattr pass. If the inline names fill the caller buffer exactly,
    the block-xattr pass runs with a non-NULL buffer and a remaining size of
    zero. ocfs2_xattr_list_entry() then skips the bounds check, keeps
    counting block names, and returns a positive size larger than the
    supplied buffer.

    [FIX]
    Detect probe mode by testing whether the destination buffer pointer is
    NULL instead of whether the remaining size is zero.

    That restores the pre-refactor behavior and matches the OCFS2 getxattr
    helpers. Once the remaining buffer reaches zero while more names are
    left, the block-xattr pass now returns -ERANGE instead of reporting a
    size larger than the allocated list buffer.

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-2026-099975
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?4b59ebcb");
  # https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026062457-CVE-2026-53041-bc7b@gregkh
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?6f2fc438");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53041");
  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-2026-53041");

  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:"2026/06/24");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/08/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/08/17");

  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) 2026 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:"^20.1050e([^0-9]|$)", string:os_version)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'UOS Server 20.1050e', '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': '1050e',
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'kernel-5.10.0-27.18.uel20', 'sp':'1050e', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-5.10.0-27.18.uel20', 'sp':'1050e', 'cpu':'amd64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-5.10.0-27.18.uel20', 'sp':'1050e', '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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17 Aug 2026 00:00Current
5.7Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.7
CVSS 3.17.1
EPSS0.00126
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