CVE-2009-3889
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.6EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
The dbg_lvl file for the megaraid_sas driver in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 has world-writable permissions, which allows local users to change the (1) behavior and (2) logging level of the driver by modifying this file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (45th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-3860)
- Published
- November 16, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3860 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
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References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=66dca9b8c50b5e59d3bea8b21cee5c6dae6c9c46
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00007.html
- http://osvdb.org/60202
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37909
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100073666
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2005
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/13/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/13/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37019
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=526068(Exploit)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11018
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7163
- 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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