Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 27, 2010· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2009-3556
CVE-2009-3556
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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Affected products
4- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: 5
- Range: 2.6.18
Patches
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References
9- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00007.htmlnvd
- support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100073666nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/20/2nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55809nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6744nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9738nvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0046.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.htmlnvd
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