Phase 2 (partial): Dirty Pipe DETECT-ONLY module + core/kernel_range

- core/kernel_range.{c,h}: branch-aware patched-version comparison.
  Every future module needs 'is the host kernel in the affected
  range?'; centralized here. Models stable-branch backports
  (e.g. 5.10.102, 5.15.25) so a 5.15.20 host correctly reports
  VULNERABLE while a 5.15.50 host reports OK.

- modules/dirty_pipe_cve_2022_0847/ (promoted out of _stubs):
  - iamroot_modules.{c,h}: dirty_pipe module exposing detect() that
    parses /proc/version and compares against the four known patched
    branches (5.10.102, 5.15.25, 5.16.11, 5.17+ inherited). Returns
    IAMROOT_OK / IAMROOT_VULNERABLE / IAMROOT_TEST_ERROR with stderr
    hints in human-readable scan mode.
  - exploit() returns IAMROOT_PRECOND_FAIL with a 'not yet
    implemented' message; landing the actual exploit needs Phase 1.5
    extraction of passwd/su helpers into core/.
  - detect/auditd.rules: splice() syscall + passwd/shadow file watches
  - detect/sigma.yml: non-root modification of /etc/passwd|shadow|sudoers

- iamroot.c main() calls iamroot_register_dirty_pipe() alongside
  the copy_fail_family registration.

- Makefile gains the dirty_pipe family as a separate object set.

Verified end-to-end on kctf-mgr (kernel 6.12.86): build clean, 6
modules in --list, --scan correctly reports dirty_pipe as patched,
JSON output ingest-ready.
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# Dirty Pipe (CVE-2022-0847) — auditd detection rules
#
# Detects the Dirty Pipe primitive pattern: a process splice()s a file
# into a pipe, then write()s to that pipe. The kernel bug allows the
# write to land in the page cache of the original file.
#
# False-positive surface: legitimate splice-then-write is rare in
# userspace; most uses of splice are file-to-file (e.g. cp via sendfile).
# Tuning may be needed in environments using nginx/HAProxy/etc.
#
# Drop these into /etc/audit/rules.d/ and reload auditd.
# Watch /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/sudoers, /etc/sudoers.d/* for
# any modification by non-root — the Dirty Pipe payload typically
# overwrites these to gain root.
-w /etc/passwd -p wa -k iamroot-dirty-pipe
-w /etc/shadow -p wa -k iamroot-dirty-pipe
-w /etc/sudoers -p wa -k iamroot-dirty-pipe
-w /etc/sudoers.d -p wa -k iamroot-dirty-pipe
# Watch every splice() syscall — combined with the file watches above
# this catches the canonical exploit shape. (High volume on servers
# using nginx/HAProxy; consider scoping with -F gid!=33 -F gid!=99 to
# exclude web servers.)
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S splice -k iamroot-dirty-pipe-splice
-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S splice -k iamroot-dirty-pipe-splice
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title: Possible Dirty Pipe exploitation (CVE-2022-0847)
id: f6b13c08-iamroot-dirty-pipe
status: experimental
description: |
Detects file modifications to /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/sudoers,
or /etc/sudoers.d/* by a non-root process. The Dirty Pipe primitive
is a page-cache write — the on-disk file is unchanged but the running
kernel sees the modified contents. This sigma rule complements the
auditd rules in detect/auditd.rules.
references:
- https://dirtypipe.cm4all.com/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0847
author: IAMROOT
date: 2026/05/16
logsource:
product: linux
service: auditd
detection:
modification:
type: 'PATH'
name|startswith:
- '/etc/passwd'
- '/etc/shadow'
- '/etc/sudoers'
nametype:
- 'CREATE'
- 'NORMAL'
not_root:
auid|expression: '!= 0'
condition: modification and not_root
falsepositives:
- Legitimate package upgrades (`apt`, `dnf`, `dpkg`) — these run as
root so auid=0 excludes them
- Manual edits via `vipw`, `passwd`, etc. — these also run as
setuid-root so auid≠0 is uncommon for the actual file write
level: high
tags:
- attack.privilege_escalation
- attack.t1068
- cve.2022.0847