CVE-2009-3556

kernel: qla2xxx NPIV vport management pseudofiles are world writable

Published Jan 27, 2010 CVSS 2.0 · 1.9 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-3537 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 6:31 AM
Reserved
Oct 5, 2009, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 27, 2010, 5:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:11 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jan 19, 2010, 12:00 AM