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GHSA-3g2r-q9r9-rjh5

GHSA-3g2r-q9r9-rjh5 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.900000095367432 MEDIUM

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 2, 2022

A certain Red Hat configuration step for the qla2xxx driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, when N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) hardware is used, sets world-writable permissions for the (1) vport_create and (2) vport_delete files under /sys/class/scsi_host/, which allows local users to make arbitrary changes to SCSI host attributes by modifying these files.

Risk scores

CVSS 4.0
6.900000095367432
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Timeline

  • May 2, 2022 CVE Published
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
  • Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory

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vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-3g2r-q9r9-rjh5
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-3g2r-q9r9-rjh5

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