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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2009-2584 Detail

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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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (07/27/2009)

Not 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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Hyperlink Resource
http://grsecurity.net/~spender/exploit_demo.c Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
http://grsecurity.net/~spender/exploit_demo.c Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/20/348 Exploit  Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/20/348 Exploit  Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/20/362 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/20/362 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/37105 Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/37105 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35753 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35753 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://xorl.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/linux-kernel-sgi-gru-driver-off-by-one-overwrite/ Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
http://xorl.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/linux-kernel-sgi-gru-driver-off-by-one-overwrite/ Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51887 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51887 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-189 Numeric Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-2584
NVD Published Date:
07/23/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE