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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38276 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00002.html ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=526068 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00000.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38779 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37019 ↗
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100073666 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37909 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00000.html ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00005.html ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1996 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/13/1 ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10310 ↗
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00005.html ↗
- http://osvdb.org/60201 ↗
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0046.html ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7540 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00002.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38017 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38492 ↗