CVE-2009-3939

CVE Details

Release Date:	2009-11-16
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

The poll_mode_io file for the megaraid_sas driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.31.6 and earlier has world-writable permissions, which allows local users to change the I/O mode of the driver by modifying this file.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	6.6
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	Complete
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (kernel)	ELSA-2010-0076	2010-02-03
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (ocfs2-2.6.9-89.0.20.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2010-0076	2010-02-03
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (oracleasm-2.6.9-89.0.20.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2010-0076	2010-02-03
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2010-0046	2010-01-20
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-164.11.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2010-0046	2010-01-20
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-164.11.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2010-0046	2010-01-20