CVE-2009-2584

high

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

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51887

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35753

http://secunia.com/advisories/37105

http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/20/362

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-07-23

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High