CWE Code: 189
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 7.2
CWE Name:  Numeric Errors
Summary: 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.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2009-07-23
Last Modified Date: 2018-11-16