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Unity Linux 20.1020e / 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-142534)

🗓️ 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Use after free in the Linux kernel configfs_lookup() function.

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

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(370776);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/10/22");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-74359");

  script_name(english:"Unity Linux 20.1020e / 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-142534)");

  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-2026-142534 advisory.

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

    configfs_lookup(): don't leave ->s_dentry dangling on failure

    Normally ->s_dentry is cleared when dentry it's pointing to becomes
    negative (on eviction, realistically).  However, that only happens
    if dentry gets to be positive in the first place; in case of inode
    allocation failure dentry never becomes positive, so ->d_iput()
    is not called at all.

    We do part of what normally would've been done by configfs_d_iput()
    (dropping the reference to configfs_dirent) manually, but we do
    not clear ->s_dentry there.  Sloppy as it is, it does not matter in
    case of configfs_create_{dir,link}() - there configfs_dirent does
    not survive dropping the sole reference to it.

    However, for configfs_lookup() it *does* survive, with a dangling
    pointer to soon to be freed dentry sitting it its ->s_dentry.

    Subsequent getdents(2) in that directory will end up dereferencing
    that pointer in order to pick the inode number.  Use after free...

    This is the minimal fix; the right approach is to set the linkage
    between dentry and configfs_dirent only after we know that we have
    an inode, but that takes more surgery and the bug had been there
    since 2006, so...

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-2026-142534
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?0967c092");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://atomgit.com/src-openeuler/kernel/issues/18161");
  # https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026081501-CVE-2026-74359-884d@gregkh
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?d3a248c8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-74359");
  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:C/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:H/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-2026-74359");

  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:"2026/08/11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/10/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/10/22");

  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:"^(20.1020e|20.1050e|20.1060e|20.1070e)([^0-9]|$)", string:os_version)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'UOS Server 20.1020e / 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e', '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 && 'sw_64' >!< cpu && 'x86_64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'UOS Server', cpu);


var constraints = [
  {
    'release': '20',
    'sp': '1020e',
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'kernel-4.19.90-2211.5.0.0178.68.uel20', 'sp':'1020e', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-4.19.90-2211.5.0.0178.68.uel20', 'sp':'1020e', 'cpu':'amd64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-4.19.90-2211.5.0.0178.68.uel20', 'sp':'1020e', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
    ]
  },
  {
    'release': '20',
    'sp': '1050e',
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'kernel-4.19.90-2305.1.0.0199.123.uel20', 'sp':'1050e', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-4.19.90-2305.1.0.0199.123.uel20', 'sp':'1050e', 'cpu':'amd64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-4.19.90-2305.1.0.0199.123.uel20', 'sp':'1050e', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
    ]
  },
  {
    'release': '20',
    'sp': '1060e',
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'kernel-4.19.90-2311.4.0.0227.123.uel20', 'sp':'1060e', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-4.19.90-2311.4.0.0227.123.uel20', 'sp':'1060e', 'cpu':'amd64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-4.19.90-2311.4.0.0227.123.uel20', 'sp':'1060e', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
    ]
  },
  {
    'release': '20',
    'sp': '1070e',
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'kernel-4.19.90-2601.1.0.0024.uel20', 'sp':'1070e', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-4.19.90-2601.1.0.0024.uel20', 'sp':'1070e', 'cpu':'amd64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-4.19.90-2601.1.0.0024.uel20', 'sp':'1070e', 'cpu':'sw_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-4.19.90-2601.1.0.0024.uel20', 'sp':'1070e', '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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22 Oct 2026 00:00Current
6.6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.6
CVSS 3.17.8
EPSS0.00126
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