CVE-2009-2584

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-2584
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-07-23 20:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionOff-by-one error in the options_write function in drivers/misc/sgi-gru/gruprocfs.c in the SGI GRU driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.30.2 and earlier on ia64 and x86 platforms might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary memory locations and gain privileges via a crafted count argument, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Ubuntu update for kernel - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
LKML: Michael Buesch: [PATCH] sgi-gru: Fix kernel stack buffer overrun af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lkml.org Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 grsecurity.net Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Linux Kernel SGI GRU Driver Off By One Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
LKML: Jack Steiner: Re: [PATCH] sgi-gru: Fix kernel stack buffer overrun af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lkml.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-852-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Linux kernel SGI GRU Driver Off-by-One Overwrite | xorl %eax, %eax af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 xorl.wordpress.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-07-27Tomas HogerNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, 5 or Red Hat Enterprise MRG.

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