detection rules: complete sigma/yara/falco coverage across the corpus
Three parallel research agents drafted 49 detection rules grounded in
each module's source + existing .opsec_notes string + existing .detect_auditd
counterpart. A one-shot tools/inject_rules.py wrote them into the
right files and replaced the .detect_<format> = NULL placeholders.
Coverage matrix (modules with each format / 31 total):
before after
auditd 30 / 31 30 / 31 (entrybleed skipped by design)
sigma 19 / 31 31 / 31 (+12 added)
yara 11 / 31 28 / 31 (+17 added; 3 documented skips)
falco 11 / 31 30 / 31 (+19 added; entrybleed skipped)
Documented skips (kept as .detect_<format> = NULL with comment):
- entrybleed: yara + falco + auditd. Pure timing side-channel via
rdtsc + prefetchnta; no syscalls, no file artifacts, no in-memory
tags. The source comment already noted this; sigma got a 'unusual
prefetchnta loop time' rule via perf-counter logic.
- ptrace_traceme: yara. Pure in-memory race; no on-disk artifacts
or persistent strings to match. Falco + sigma + auditd cover the
PTRACE_TRACEME + setuid execve syscall sequence.
- sudo_samedit: yara. Transient heap race during sudoedit invocation;
no persistent file artifact. Falco + sigma + auditd cover the
'sudoedit -s + trailing-backslash argv' pattern.
Rule discipline (post-agent QA):
- All rules ground claims in actual exploit code paths (the agents
were instructed to read source + opsec_notes; no fabricated syscalls
or strings).
- Two falco rules were narrowed by the agent to fire only when
proc.pname is skeletonkey itself; rewrote both to fire on any
non-root caller (otherwise we'd detect only our own binary, not
real attackers).
- Sigma rule fields use canonical {type: 'SYSCALL', syscall: 'X'}
detection blocks consistent with existing rules (nf_tables,
dirty_pipe, sudo_samedit).
- YARA rules prefer rare/unique tags (SKELETONKEYU, SKELETONKEY_FWD,
SKVMWGFX, /tmp/skeletonkey-*.log) over common bytes — minimizes
false positives.
- Every rule tagged with attack.privilege_escalation + cve.YYYY.NNNN;
cgroup_release_agent additionally tagged T1611 (container escape).
skeletonkey.c: --module-info text view now dumps yara + falco rule
bodies too (was auditd + sigma only). All 4 formats visible per module.
Verification:
- macOS local: clean build, 33 kernel_range tests pass.
- Linux (docker gcc:latest): 33 + 54 = 87 passes, 0 fails.
- --module-info nf_tables / af_unix_gc / etc.: 'detect rules:'
summary correctly shows all 4 formats and the bodies print.
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@@ -390,6 +390,35 @@ static const char dirty_cow_sigma[] =
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"level: high\n"
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"tags: [attack.privilege_escalation, attack.t1068, cve.2016.5195]\n";
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static const char dirty_cow_yara[] =
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"rule dirty_cow_cve_2016_5195 : cve_2016_5195 page_cache_write\n"
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"{\n"
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" meta:\n"
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" cve = \"CVE-2016-5195\"\n"
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" description = \"Dirty COW /etc/passwd UID-flip pattern (non-root user remapped to 0000+)\"\n"
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" author = \"SKELETONKEY\"\n"
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" strings:\n"
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" $uid_flip = /\\n[a-z_][a-z0-9_-]{0,30}:[^:]{0,8}:0{4,}:[0-9]+:/\n"
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" condition:\n"
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" $uid_flip\n"
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"}\n";
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static const char dirty_cow_falco[] =
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"- rule: Dirty COW pwrite on /proc/self/mem by non-root\n"
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" desc: |\n"
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" Non-root pwrite() targeting /proc/self/mem at an offset that\n"
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" overlaps a private mmap of /etc/passwd. Combined with a\n"
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" racing madvise(MADV_DONTNEED) loop this is the Dirty COW\n"
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" primitive (CVE-2016-5195).\n"
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" condition: >\n"
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" evt.type = pwrite and fd.name = /proc/self/mem and\n"
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" not user.uid = 0\n"
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" output: >\n"
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" pwrite to /proc/self/mem by non-root\n"
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" (user=%user.name proc=%proc.name pid=%proc.pid)\n"
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" priority: CRITICAL\n"
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" tags: [filesystem, mitre_privilege_escalation, T1068, cve.2016.5195]\n";
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const struct skeletonkey_module dirty_cow_module = {
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.name = "dirty_cow",
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.cve = "CVE-2016-5195",
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@@ -402,8 +431,8 @@ const struct skeletonkey_module dirty_cow_module = {
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.cleanup = dirty_cow_cleanup,
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.detect_auditd = dirty_cow_auditd,
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.detect_sigma = dirty_cow_sigma,
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.detect_yara = NULL,
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.detect_falco = NULL,
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.detect_yara = dirty_cow_yara,
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.detect_falco = dirty_cow_falco,
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.opsec_notes = "Two-thread race: Thread A loops pwrite(/proc/self/mem) at the user's UID offset in /etc/passwd; Thread B loops madvise(MADV_DONTNEED) on a PRIVATE mmap of /etc/passwd. Overwrites the UID field with all-zeros, then execlp('su') to claim root. UID offset is parsed from the file, not hardcoded. Audit-visible via open(/proc/self/mem) + write + madvise(MADV_DONTNEED) bursts + /etc/passwd page-cache poisoning. Cleanup callback calls posix_fadvise(POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED) on /etc/passwd and writes 3 to /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches to evict.",
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};
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