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CVE-2009-2584

N/A
Published: July 23, 2009 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:09 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

Description

Off-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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Linux Kernel· Linux
95%
v ≤ 2.6.30.2

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (8)

x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://grsecurity.net/~spender/exploit_demo.c
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/20/348
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/20/362
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/37105
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35753
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://xorl.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/linux-kernel-sgi-gru-driver-off-by-one-overwrite/
VDB Entryx_refsource_XFThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51887

CVSS

7.2HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-189

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