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…

Description

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.53% · top 55% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.6.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-264 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-264 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (18)

• SUSE-SA:2009:061 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• USN-864-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=526068 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20091113 Re: CVE request: kernel: bad permissions on megaraid_sas sysfs files (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 37019 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100073666 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 37909 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 60202 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11018 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=66dca9b8c50b5e59d3bea8b21cee5c6dae6c9c46 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2009:064 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20091113 CVE request: kernel: bad permissions on megaraid_sas sysfs files (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2010:013 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• RHSA-2010:0095 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7163 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• RHSA-2010:0046 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• DSA-2005 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 06:45 UTC.