CVE-2009-3556
Low
Description
A certain Red Hat configuration step for the qla2xxx driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, when N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) hardware is used, sets world-writable permissions for the (1) vport_create and (2) vport_delete files under /sys/class/scsi_host/, which allows local users to make arbitrary changes to SCSI host attributes by modifying these files.
SeverityLow
CVSS1.9
Exploit probability—
Product
Linux Kernel
PublishedJan 27, 2010
First seenJan 27, 2010
How to fix
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| linux linux_kernel | 2.6.18 | — |
| redhat enterprise_linux | 5 | — |
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