CVE-2011-2502 Information

Description

runtime/staprun/staprun_funcs.c in the systemtap runtime tool (staprun) in SystemTap before 1.6 does not properly validate modules when a module path is specified by a user for user-space probing which allows local users in the stapusr group to gain privileges via a crafted module in the search path in the -u argument.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/45377 http://sources.redhat.com/git/gitweb.cgi?p=systemtap.git;a=blob;f=NEWS;hb=304d73b1fea24af791f2a129fb141c5009eae6a8 http://sources.redhat.com/git/gitweb.cgi?p=systemtap.git;a=commitdiff;h=4ecaadf545a729bb3e5f01f6f019716d49815d9a https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=716476