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
Published Jul 23, 2009
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.52%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 2.6.30.2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, 5 or Red Hat Enterprise MRG.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.52% (0.00520) | 42.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.52% (0.00520) | 39.82th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00072) | 19.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 11.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 20, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 9.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 7.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 54.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 52.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 50.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 28.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://grsecurity.net/~spender/exploit_demo.c x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/20/348 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/20/362 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37105 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35753 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://xorl.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/linux-kernel-sgi-gru-driver-off-by-one-overwrite/ x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2584 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51887 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2584
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2584
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://grsecurity.net/~spender/exploit_demo.c | x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory | |
| http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/20/348 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/20/362 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/37105 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35753 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory | |
| http://xorl.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/linux-kernel-sgi-gru-driver-off-by-one-overwrite/ | x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2584 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51887 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2584 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2584 |
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