Bug 716476 (CVE-2011-2502)

Summary: CVE-2011-2502 systemtap: insufficient security check when loading uprobes kernel module
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact:
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Priority: medium    
Version: unspecifiedCC: dsmith, fche, jistone, mjw, scox, security-response-team, vdanen
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Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: systemtap 1.6 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2012-02-03 20:44:45 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Depends On: 717594, 717596, 725578    
Bug Blocks: 716497    
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Description Flags
Don't allow path-based auth for uprobes none

Description Jan Lieskovsky 2011-06-24 15:26:45 UTC 
It was found that systemtap runtime tool (staprun) did not properly enforce
the module's path sanity check, when the ad-hoc module instrumentation via
user-space probing with user-specified module path was requested. A local
user, member of the 'stapusr' group could use this flaw to escalate their
privileges.
Comment 1 Jan Lieskovsky 2011-06-24 15:32:22 UTC 
This issue did NOT affect the versions of the systemtap package, as shipped
with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 as they do not provide support for
loading of user-space probing modules from user-specified locations yet.

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This issue affects the version of the systemtap package, as shipped with
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

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This issue affects the versions of the systemtap package, as shipped with
Fedora release of 14 and 15.
Comment 3 Josh Stone 2011-06-25 05:23:40 UTC 
Created attachment 509874 [details]
Don't allow path-based auth for uprobes
Comment 8 Vincent Danen 2011-07-25 21:44:40 UTC 
Created systemtap tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: fedora-all [bug 725578]
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2011-07-25 21:46:37 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2011:1088 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1088.html