CVE-2009-3556
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 1.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (33th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-3537)
- Published
- January 27, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3537 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- redhat / enterprise linux
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00007.html
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100073666
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/20/2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=537177
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55809
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6744
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9738
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0046.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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