CVE-2010-4171

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    CVE-2010-4171

    Published: 7 Dec 2010Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The staprun runtime tool in SystemTap 1.3 does not verify that a module to unload was previously loaded by SystemTap, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (unloading of arbitrary kernel modules).

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/42256, http://secunia.com/advisories/42263, http://secunia.com/advisories/42318, http://secunia.com/advisories/46920, http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2348, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=653606, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051115.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051122.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051127.html, http://sources.redhat.com/git/gitweb.cgi?p=systemtap.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b7565b41228bea196cefa3a7d43ab67f8f9152e2, http://sources.redhat.com/ml/systemtap/2010-q4/msg00230.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0894.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44917, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024754, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/63345

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High