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Unity Linux 20.1050a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-100723)

🗓️ 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Linux kernel hv_netvsc uses kmap_local_page instead of phys_to_virt to avoid fatal faults on high memory pages.

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

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(336856);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/08/17");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-53199");

  script_name(english:"Unity Linux 20.1050a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-100723)");

  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-2026-100723 advisory.

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

    hv_netvsc: use kmap_local_page in netvsc_copy_to_send_buf

    netvsc_copy_to_send_buf() copies page buffer entries into the VMBus
    send buffer using phys_to_virt() on the entry PFN. Entries for the
    RNDIS header and the skb linear data come from kmalloc'd memory and
    are always in the kernel direct map, but entries for skb fragments
    reference page cache or user pages, which on 32-bit x86 with
    CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y can live above the LOWMEM boundary. For such a page
    phys_to_virt() returns an address outside the direct map and the
    subsequent memcpy() faults on the transmit softirq path, which is
    fatal.

    Map the pages with kmap_local_page() instead, handling two properties
    of the page buffer entries:

     - pb[i].pfn is a Hyper-V PFN at HV_HYP_PAGE_SIZE (4K) granularity,
       not a native PFN. Reconstruct the physical address first and derive
       the native page from it, so the mapping stays correct where
       PAGE_SIZE > HV_HYP_PAGE_SIZE (e.g. arm64 with 64K pages).

     - Since commit 41a6328b2c55 (hv_netvsc: Preserve contiguous PFN
       grouping in the page buffer array), an entry describes a full
       physically contiguous fragment and pb[i].len can exceed PAGE_SIZE,
       while kmap_local_page() maps a single page. Copy page by page,
       splitting at native page boundaries.

    The copy path only handles packets smaller than the send section size
    (6144 bytes by default); larger packets take the cp_partial path where
    only the RNDIS header is copied. So entries here are bounded by the
    section size and a copy is split at most once on 4K-page systems. On
    !CONFIG_HIGHMEM configs kmap_local_page() folds to page_address() and
    no mapping work is added.

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-2026-100723
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?157558b3");
  # https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026062500-CVE-2026-53199-e12a@gregkh
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?3466bbf9");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53199");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected kernel package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/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:N/AC:L/PR:N/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-2026-53199");

  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:"2026/06/25");
  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:"^20.1050a([^0-9]|$)", string:os_version)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'UOS Server 20.1050a', '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': '1050a',
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'kernel-5.10.0-27.18.uelc20', 'sp':'1050a', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-5.10.0-27.18.uelc20', 'sp':'1050a', 'cpu':'amd64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-5.10.0-27.18.uelc20', 'sp':'1050a', '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_HOLE,
      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
4.7Medium risk
Vulners AI Score4.7
CVSS 3.17.5
EPSS0.00501
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