Unity Linux 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-989394)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-989394 advisory. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: prevent NULL deref in cifscomposemountoptions The optional @ref parameter might contain an...

The vulnerability of the cifs_compose_mount_options() function in the fs/smb/client/cifsproto.h module, a support module for the SMB client in Linux kernel, allows a hacker to trigger a service failure.

The vulnerability of the cifscomposemountoptions function in the fs/smb/client/cifsproto.h module, which is part of the SMB client support in Linux kernel, is related to synchronization errors when using shared resources. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to cause a service...

PT-2024-11308 · Linux +2 · Linux Kernel +2

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description: The issue is related to a NULL dereference in the cifs compose mount options function. The optional @ref parameter might contain a NULL node name, which could lead to a NULL dereferenc...