debian · CVE-2010-4170

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Priority: not yet assigned Published: Updated: Sun, 21 Jun 2026 09:19:14 GMT

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CVE-2010-4170 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (systemtap), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

Description:

The staprun runtime tool in SystemTap 1.3 does not properly clear the environment before executing modprobe, which allows local users to gain privileges by setting the MODPROBE_OPTIONS environment variable to specify a malicious configuration file.

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