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
Link | Resource |
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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://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35753 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://xorl.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/linux-kernel-sgi-gru-driver-off-by-one-overwrite/ | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
http://grsecurity.net/~spender/exploit_demo.c | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
http://secunia.com/advisories/37105 | Third Party Advisory |
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1 | Third Party Advisory |
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51887 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
Configurations
Information
Published : 2009-07-23 13:30
Updated : 2018-11-16 07:35
NVD link : CVE-2009-2584
Mitre link : CVE-2009-2584
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CWE
CWE-189
Numeric Errors
Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel