Unity Linux 20.1050e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-005065)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-005065 advisory. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: prevent NULL dereference in ip6output According to syzbot, there is a chance that ip6dstide...

kernel: xfrm6: check ip6_dst_idev() return value in xfrm6_get_saddr()

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's IPv6 handling in the xfrm6getsaddr function, where the issue occurs when ip6dstidev returns NULL, leading to a null pointer dereference and resulting in a general protection fault...

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-40959

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm6: check ip6dstidev return value in xfrm6getsaddr ip6dstidev can return NULL, xfrm6getsaddr must act accordingly. syzbot reported: Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000000: 0000 1...

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-40959

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm6: check ip6dstidev return value in xfrm6getsaddr ip6dstidev can return NULL, xfrm6getsaddr must act accordingly. syzbot reported: Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000000: 0000 1...

Linux kernel security vulnerabilities

Linux kernel is the kernel used by Linux, the open source operating system of the Linux Foundation in the United States. A security vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel that stems from the xfrm6 component failing to properly check the return value of the ip6dstidev function when obtaining a...