CVEvulnerability

CVE-2011-2503

3.7 LOW Published 2012-07-26 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2012-07-26
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
3.7 LOW — AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

The insert_module function in runtime/staprun/staprun_funcs.c in the systemtap runtime tool (staprun) in SystemTap before 1.6 does not properly validate a module when loading it, which allows local users to gain privileges via a race condition between the signature validation and the module initialization.

Affected configurations

• systemtap systemtap (<= 1.5) • systemtap systemtap 0.2.2 • systemtap systemtap 0.3 • systemtap systemtap 0.4 • systemtap systemtap 0.5 • systemtap systemtap 0.5.3 • systemtap systemtap 0.5.4 • systemtap systemtap 0.5.5 • systemtap systemtap 0.5.7 • systemtap systemtap 0.5.8 • systemtap systemtap 0.5.9 • systemtap systemtap 0.5.10 • systemtap systemtap 0.5.12 • systemtap systemtap 0.5.13 • systemtap systemtap 0.5.14 • systemtap systemtap 0.6 • systemtap systemtap 0.6.2 • systemtap systemtap 0.7 • systemtap systemtap 0.7.2 • systemtap systemtap 0.8 • systemtap systemtap 0.9 • systemtap systemtap 0.9.5 • systemtap systemtap 0.9.7 • systemtap systemtap 0.9.8 • systemtap systemtap 0.9.9 • systemtap systemtap 1.0 • systemtap systemtap 1.1 • systemtap systemtap 1.2 • systemtap systemtap 1.3 • systemtap systemtap 1.4

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References