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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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
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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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T06:31:10.495Z
Reserved: 2009-10-05T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2009-3556
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Status : Modified
Published: 2010-01-27T17:30:00.543
Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040
Link: CVE-2009-3556
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