CVE-2009-3939
HIGH · CVSS 7.1EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.1 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-732
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (39th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-3910)
- 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-2009-3910 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- avaya / aura application enablement services
- avaya / aura application enablement services
- avaya / aura communication manager
- avaya / aura session manager
- avaya / aura session manager
- avaya / aura sip enablement services
- avaya / aura system manager
- avaya / aura system manager
- avaya / aura system platform
- avaya / voice portal
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- debian / debian linux
- linux / linux kernel
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
- redhat / enterprise linux desktop
- redhat / enterprise linux eus
- redhat / enterprise linux server
- redhat / enterprise linux workstation
- redhat / virtualization
- suse / linux enterprise desktop
- suse / linux enterprise desktop
- suse / linux enterprise server
- suse / linux enterprise server
Certified products that may be affected
1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSSH-Server Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1384 - historical
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00002.html(Mailing List)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00005.html(Mailing List)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00000.html(Mailing List)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00005.html(Mailing List)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00002.html(Mailing List)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html(Mailing List)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00000.html(Mailing List)
- http://osvdb.org/60201(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37909(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38017(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38276(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38492(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38779(Broken Link)
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100073666(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1996(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/13/1(Mailing List)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37019(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1(Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=526068(Exploit, Issue Tracking)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10310(Broken Link)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7540(Broken Link)
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0046.html(Third Party Advisory)
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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