RHSA-2011:1088Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: systemtap security update

Published
July 25, 2011
Last Modified
November 7, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2011-2502 →CVE-2011-2503 →

📋 Description

CVE-2011-2502 — systemtap: insufficient security check when loading uprobes kernel module CVE-2011-2503 — systemtap: signed module loading race condition

🎯 Affected products48

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • systemtap-0:1.4-6.el6_1.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • systemtap-0:1.4-6.el6_1.2.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • systemtap-0:1.4-6.el6_1.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • systemtap-0:1.4-6.el6_1.2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • systemtap-0:1.4-6.el6_1.2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • systemtap-0:1.4-6.el6_1.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • systemtap-client-0:1.4-6.el6_1.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • systemtap-client-0:1.4-6.el6_1.2.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • systemtap-client-0:1.4-6.el6_1.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • systemtap-client-0:1.4-6.el6_1.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • systemtap-debuginfo-0:1.4-6.el6_1.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • systemtap-debuginfo-0:1.4-6.el6_1.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • systemtap-debuginfo-0:1.4-6.el6_1.2.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • systemtap-debuginfo-0:1.4-6.el6_1.2.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • systemtap-debuginfo-0:1.4-6.el6_1.2.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • systemtap-debuginfo-0:1.4-6.el6_1.2.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • systemtap-debuginfo-0:1.4-6.el6_1.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • systemtap-debuginfo-0:1.4-6.el6_1.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • systemtap-debuginfo-0:1.4-6.el6_1.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • systemtap-debuginfo-0:1.4-6.el6_1.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • systemtap-grapher-0:1.4-6.el6_1.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • systemtap-grapher-0:1.4-6.el6_1.2.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • systemtap-grapher-0:1.4-6.el6_1.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • systemtap-grapher-0:1.4-6.el6_1.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • systemtap-initscript-0:1.4-6.el6_1.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • systemtap-initscript-0:1.4-6.el6_1.2.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • systemtap-initscript-0:1.4-6.el6_1.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • systemtap-initscript-0:1.4-6.el6_1.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
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✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

🔗 References (5)