Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 23, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2009-2584
CVE-2009-2584
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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References
8- grsecurity.net/~spender/exploit_demo.cnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/20/348nvdExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- xorl.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/linux-kernel-sgi-gru-driver-off-by-one-overwrite/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/20/362nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/37105nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/35753nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51887nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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