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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2026-05-23 11:10:54 -04:00
parent ee3e7dd9a7
commit 8ab49f36f6
21 changed files with 837 additions and 49 deletions
@@ -871,6 +871,36 @@ static const char fuse_legacy_sigma[] =
"level: high\n"
"tags: [attack.privilege_escalation, attack.t1611, cve.2022.0185]\n";
static const char fuse_legacy_yara[] =
"rule fuse_legacy_cve_2022_0185 : cve_2022_0185 kernel_overflow\n"
"{\n"
" meta:\n"
" cve = \"CVE-2022-0185\"\n"
" description = \"fs_context legacy_parse_param oversized-source pattern (fsopen cgroup2)\"\n"
" author = \"SKELETONKEY\"\n"
" strings:\n"
" $fsopen = \"fsopen\" ascii\n"
" $cgrp2 = \"cgroup2\" ascii\n"
" condition:\n"
" all of them\n"
"}\n";
static const char fuse_legacy_falco[] =
"- rule: fsopen/fsconfig in userns (CVE-2022-0185 trigger)\n"
" desc: |\n"
" Non-root fsopen + fsconfig(FSCONFIG_SET_STRING) sequence\n"
" inside a userns. legacy_parse_param() integer-underflow\n"
" overflow into kmalloc-4k. False positives: containers may\n"
" mount their own filesystems but FSCONFIG with oversized\n"
" 'source' option strings is unusual.\n"
" condition: >\n"
" evt.type in (fsopen, fsconfig) and not user.uid = 0\n"
" output: >\n"
" fsopen/fsconfig by non-root\n"
" (user=%user.name pid=%proc.pid evt=%evt.type)\n"
" priority: HIGH\n"
" tags: [filesystem, mitre_privilege_escalation, T1068, cve.2022.0185]\n";
const struct skeletonkey_module fuse_legacy_module = {
.name = "fuse_legacy",
.cve = "CVE-2022-0185",
@@ -883,8 +913,8 @@ const struct skeletonkey_module fuse_legacy_module = {
.cleanup = NULL,
.detect_auditd = fuse_legacy_auditd,
.detect_sigma = fuse_legacy_sigma,
.detect_yara = NULL,
.detect_falco = NULL,
.detect_yara = fuse_legacy_yara,
.detect_falco = fuse_legacy_falco,
.opsec_notes = "unshare(CLONE_NEWUSER|CLONE_NEWNS) for CAP_SYS_ADMIN; fsopen('cgroup2') + multiple fsconfig(FSCONFIG_SET_STRING, 'source', ...) calls to overflow legacy_parse_param's buffer. OOB write lands in kmalloc-4k adjacent to a msg_msg groom. No persistent files (msg_msg lives in the IPC namespace which disappears with the child). Dmesg silent on success; KASAN would show slab corruption if enabled. Audit-visible via unshare(CLONE_NEWUSER|CLONE_NEWNS) + fsopen + fsconfig pattern in a single process. No cleanup callback - IPC queues auto-drain on namespace exit.",
};