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CVE-2009-2584 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://grsecurity.net/~spender/exploit_demo.c CVEExploitThird Party Advisory
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/20/348 CVEExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/20/362 CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37105 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51887 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-189Numeric Errors[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
linux linux kernel
<= 2.6.30.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-2584
NVD Published Date:
Jul 23, 2009
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2009-2584 Details - Not Deferred