https://github.com/saelo/cve-2014-0038

Linux local root exploit for CVE-2014-0038
https://github.com/saelo/cve-2014-0038

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Linux local root exploit for CVE-2014-0038

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/saelo/cve-2014-0038
• Owner: saelo
• Created: 2014-02-02T12:34:57.000Z (almost 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2014-04-18T10:26:02.000Z (over 10 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-11-07T17:07:42.396Z (about 1 year ago)
• Topics: exploit, kernel, linux
• Language: C
• Homepage:
• Size: 287 KB
• Stars: 190
• Watchers: 18
• Forks: 47
• Open Issues: 1
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  • Readme: README.md

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Local root exploit for CVE-2014-0038

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Bug:

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The X86_X32 recvmmsg syscall does not properly sanitize the timeout pointer

passed from userspace.

Exploit primitive:

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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:

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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:

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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

See also http://blog.includesecurity.com/2014/03/exploit-CVE-2014-0038-x32-recvmmsg-kernel-vulnerablity.html

Run:

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Retrieve addresses from `/proc/kallsyms` and run the exploit:

    ./build.sh && ./timeoutpwn

If you would like to build the binary for a remote server, try this:

    ssh user@host 'cat /proc/kallsyms' > syms.txt

    CFLAGS=-static ./build.sh syms.txt

    scp timeoutpwn user@host:

    ...

If `ptmx_fops` cannot be found in kallsyms, try extracting it from the vmlinux

as provided with the headers package (`linux-headers` on Arch Linux):

    nm /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/vmlinux > syms.txt