Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2009-2584
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 v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (42.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 42.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/20/362 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/20/348 (mailing-list, Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- grsecurity.net/~spender/exploit_demo.c (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51887 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/35753 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/37105 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- xorl.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/linux-kernel-sgi-gru-driver-off-by-one-overwrite/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)