FKIE_CVE-2009-3939
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-11-16 19:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:12
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | * | |
| redhat | virtualization | 5 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 5.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_eus | 5.4 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 5.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | 5.0 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 6.06 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 8.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 8.10 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 9.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 9.10 | |
| debian | debian_linux | 5.0 | |
| avaya | aura_application_enablement_services | 5.2 | |
| avaya | aura_application_enablement_services | 5.2.1 | |
| avaya | aura_communication_manager | 5.2 | |
| avaya | aura_session_manager | 1.1 | |
| avaya | aura_session_manager | 5.2 | |
| avaya | aura_sip_enablement_services | 5.2 | |
| avaya | aura_system_manager | 5.2 | |
| avaya | aura_system_manager | 6.0 | |
| avaya | aura_system_platform | 1.1 | |
| avaya | voice_portal | 5.0 | |
| opensuse | opensuse | 11.0 | |
| opensuse | opensuse | 11.1 | |
| opensuse | opensuse | 11.2 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_desktop | 10 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_desktop | 11 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_server | 10 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_server | 11 |
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model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
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