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To invoke the setuid program, users will then have to unset or clear the GLIBC_TUNABLES envvar, e.g. `GLIBC_TUNABLES= sudo` . \nNote that these mitigation steps will need to be repeated if the system is rebooted.\n1) Install required systemtap packages and dependencies as per - https://access.redhat.com/solutions/5441\n2) Create the following systemtap script, and name it stap_block_suid_tunables.stp:\n~~~\nfunction has_tunable_string:long()\n{\nname = \"GLIBC_TUNABLES\"\nmm = @task(task_current())->mm;\nif (mm)\n{\nenv_start = @mm(mm)->env_start;\nenv_end = @mm(mm)->env_end;\nif (env_start != 0 && env_end != 0)\nwhile (env_end > env_start)\n{\ncur = user_string(env_start, \"\");\nenv_name = tokenize(cur, \"=\");\nif (env_name == name && tokenize(\"\", \"\") != \"\")\nreturn 1;\nenv_start += strlen (cur) + 1\n}\n}\nreturn 0;\n}\nprobe process(\"/lib*/ld*.so*\").function(\"__tunables_init\")\n{\natsecure = 0;\n/* Skip processing if we can't read __libc_enable_secure, e.g. core dump\nhandler (systemd-cgroups-agent and systemd-coredump). */\ntry { atsecure = @var(\"__libc_enable_secure\"); }\ncatch { printk (4, sprintf (\"CVE-2023-4911: Skipped check: %s (%d)\", execname(), pid())); }\nif (atsecure && has_tunable_string ())\nraise (9);\n}\n~~~\n3) Load the systemtap module into the running kernel:\n~~~\nstap -g -F -m stap_block_suid_tunables stap_block_suid_tunables.stp\n~~~\n4) Ensure the module is loaded:\n~~~\nlsmod | grep -i stap_block_suid_tunables\nstap_block_suid_tunables 249856 0\n~~~\n5) Once the glibc package is updated to the version containing the fix, the systemtap generated kernel module can be removed by running:\n~~~\nrmmod stap_block_suid_tunables\n~~~\nIf Secure Boot is enabled on a system, the SystemTap module must be signed. An external compiling server can be used to sign the generated kernel module with a key enrolled into the kernel's keyring or starting with SystemTap 4.7 you can sign a module without a compile server. See further information here - https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/secure-boot-systemtap"}, "name": "CVE-2023-4911", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "glibc", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "compat-glibc", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "glibc", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}], "public_date": "2023-10-03T17:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4911\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4911\nhttps://www.qualys.com/2023/10/03/cve-2023-4911/looney-tunables-local-privilege-escalation-glibc-ld-so.txt\nhttps://www.qualys.com/cve-2023-4911/\nhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog"], "statement": "This vulnerability was introduced in glibc version 2.34. RHEL-8 ships glibc 2.28, which is not originally affected by this vulnerability. However, the commit that introduced this vulnerability was backported to RHEL-8.5, making this version and onward vulnerable. RHEL-8.4 and older are not affected by this vulnerability.", "threat_severity": "Important"}

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