CVE - CVE-2009-2584

CVE-ID
CVE-2009-2584	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MLIST:[linux-kernel] 20090720 Re: [PATCH] sgi-gru: Fix kernel stack buffer overrun URL:http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/20/362 MLIST:[linux-kernel] 20090721 [PATCH] sgi-gru: Fix kernel stack buffer overrun URL:http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/20/348 MISC:http://grsecurity.net/~spender/exploit_demo.c MISC:http://xorl.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/linux-kernel-sgi-gru-driver-off-by-one-overwrite/ UBUNTU:USN-852-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1 BID:35753 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35753 SECUNIA:37105 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/37105 XF:kernel-sgigru-bo(51887) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51887
Assigning CNA
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Date Entry Created
20090723	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20090723)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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