Phase 7: af_packet (CVE-2017-7308) + FUSE legacy (CVE-2022-0185)

Two more famous LPEs broadening 'THE tool' coverage:

af_packet CVE-2017-7308 (Andrey Konovalov, Mar 2017):
- AF_PACKET TPACKET_V3 ring setup integer overflow → heap write-where
- Fills 2017 coverage gap
- kernel_range: 3.18.49 / 4.4.57 / 4.9.18 / 4.10.6 / mainline 4.11+
- Needs CAP_NET_RAW via user_ns clone
- Famous as the canonical 'userns + AF_PACKET → root' research-era LPE

fuse_legacy CVE-2022-0185 (William Liu / Crusaders-of-Rust, Jan 2022):
- legacy_parse_param fsconfig heap OOB → cross-cache UAF → root
- **Container-escape angle** — relevant to rootless docker/podman/snap
  (the system admin persona's nightmare)
- kernel_range: 5.4.171 / 5.10.91 / 5.15.14 / 5.16.2 / mainline 5.17+
- Needs user_ns + mount_ns to reach legacy_load() code path
- Originally reported as FUSE-specific but actually applies to any
  fs-mount path from userns (cgroup2, etc.)

Both detect-only initially; full exploits in follow-ups.

Coverage by year now:
  2016: dirty_cow                                  🟢
  2017: af_packet                                  🔵
  2019: ptrace_traceme                             🔵
  2021: pwnkit, overlayfs, netfilter_xtcompat      🟢/🟢/🔵
  2022: dirty_pipe, cls_route4, fuse_legacy        🟢/🔵/🔵
  2023: entrybleed                                 🟢
  2024: nf_tables                                  🔵
  2026: copy_fail family (×5)                      🟢

16 modules total. Build clean. Scan on kctf-mgr: 11 OK / 5 VULNERABLE.
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| CVE-2016-5195 | Dirty COW — COW race via /proc/self/mem + madvise | LPE (page-cache write into root-owned files) | mainline 4.9 (Oct 2016) | `dirty_cow` | 🟢 | Full detect + exploit + cleanup. **Old-systems coverage** — affects RHEL 6/7 (3.10 baseline), Ubuntu 14.04 (3.13), Ubuntu 16.04 (4.4), embedded boxes, IoT. Phil-Oester-style two-thread race: writer thread via `/proc/self/mem` vs madvise(MADV_DONTNEED) thread. Targets /etc/passwd UID flip + `su`. Ships auditd watch on /proc/self/mem + sigma rule for non-root mem-open. Pthread-linked. |
| CVE-2019-13272 | PTRACE_TRACEME → setuid execve → cred escalation | LPE (kernel ptrace race; no exotic preconditions) | mainline 5.1.17 (Jun 2019) | `ptrace_traceme` | 🔵 | Detect-only. Branch backports: 4.4.182 / 4.9.182 / 4.14.131 / 4.19.58 / 5.0.20 / 5.1.17 / mainline 5.2. **Famous because works on default-config systems** — no user_ns required. jannh's PGZ disclosure, June 2019. Exploit (fork → child PTRACE_TRACEME → parent execve setuid → child ptrace-injects shellcode) follows. |
| CVE-2021-22555 | iptables xt_compat heap-OOB → cross-cache UAF | LPE (kernel R/W via 4-byte heap OOB write + msg_msg/sk_buff groom) | mainline 5.12 / 5.11.10 (Apr 2021) | `netfilter_xtcompat` | 🔵 | Detect-only. Branch backports: 5.11.10 / 5.10.27 / 5.4.110 / 4.19.185 / 4.14.230 / 4.9.266 / 4.4.266. **Bug existed since 2.6.19 (2006) — 15 years of latent vulnerability**. Andy Nguyen's PGZ disclosure. Needs CAP_NET_ADMIN via user_ns. Full exploit (~400 lines msg_msg+sk_buff cross-cache groom) is substantial follow-up. |
| CVE-2017-7308 | AF_PACKET TPACKET_V3 integer overflow → heap write-where | LPE (CAP_NET_RAW via userns) | mainline 4.11 / 4.10.6 (Mar 2017) | `af_packet` | 🔵 | Detect-only. Andrey Konovalov's research-era classic. Branch backports: 4.10.6 / 4.9.18 (RHEL 7-ish era) / 4.4.57 / 3.18.49. Needs user_ns for CAP_NET_RAW. Full exploit follows. |
| CVE-2022-0185 | legacy_parse_param fsconfig heap OOB → container-escape | LPE (cross-cache UAF → cred overwrite from rootless container) | mainline 5.16.2 (Jan 2022) | `fuse_legacy` | 🔵 | Detect-only. **Container-escape angle** — relevant to rootless docker/podman/snap setups. Branch backports: 5.16.2 / 5.15.14 / 5.10.91 / 5.4.171. Needs user_ns + mount_ns. William Liu / Crusaders-of-Rust PoC reference. |
| CVE-TBD | Fragnesia (ESP shared-frag in-place encrypt) | LPE (page-cache write) | mainline TBD | `_stubs/fragnesia_TBD` | ⚪ | Stub. Per `findings/audit_leak_write_modprobe_backups_2026-05-16.md`, requires CAP_NET_ADMIN in userns netns — may or may not be in-scope depending on target environment. |
## Operations supported per module
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NXC_SRCS := $(NXC_DIR)/iamroot_modules.c
NXC_OBJS := $(patsubst %.c,$(BUILD)/%.o,$(NXC_SRCS))
# Family: af_packet (CVE-2017-7308)
AFP_DIR := modules/af_packet_cve_2017_7308
AFP_SRCS := $(AFP_DIR)/iamroot_modules.c
AFP_OBJS := $(patsubst %.c,$(BUILD)/%.o,$(AFP_SRCS))
# Family: fuse_legacy (CVE-2022-0185)
FUL_DIR := modules/fuse_legacy_cve_2022_0185
FUL_SRCS := $(FUL_DIR)/iamroot_modules.c
FUL_OBJS := $(patsubst %.c,$(BUILD)/%.o,$(FUL_SRCS))
# Top-level dispatcher
TOP_OBJ := $(BUILD)/iamroot.o
ALL_OBJS := $(TOP_OBJ) $(CORE_OBJS) $(CFF_OBJS) $(DP_OBJS) $(EB_OBJS) $(PK_OBJS) $(NFT_OBJS) $(OVL_OBJS) $(CR4_OBJS) $(DCOW_OBJS) $(PTM_OBJS) $(NXC_OBJS)
ALL_OBJS := $(TOP_OBJ) $(CORE_OBJS) $(CFF_OBJS) $(DP_OBJS) $(EB_OBJS) $(PK_OBJS) $(NFT_OBJS) $(OVL_OBJS) $(CR4_OBJS) $(DCOW_OBJS) $(PTM_OBJS) $(NXC_OBJS) $(AFP_OBJS) $(FUL_OBJS)
.PHONY: all clean debug static help
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void iamroot_register_dirty_cow(void);
void iamroot_register_ptrace_traceme(void);
void iamroot_register_netfilter_xtcompat(void);
void iamroot_register_af_packet(void);
void iamroot_register_fuse_legacy(void);
#endif /* IAMROOT_REGISTRY_H */
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iamroot_register_dirty_cow();
iamroot_register_ptrace_traceme();
iamroot_register_netfilter_xtcompat();
iamroot_register_af_packet();
iamroot_register_fuse_legacy();
enum mode mode = MODE_SCAN;
struct iamroot_ctx ctx = {0};
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/*
* af_packet_cve_2017_7308 — IAMROOT module
*
* AF_PACKET TPACKET_V3 ring-buffer setup integer-overflow → heap
* write-where primitive. Discovered by Andrey Konovalov (March 2017).
*
* STATUS: 🔵 DETECT-ONLY. Konovalov's public PoC works end-to-end
* — porting is a follow-up commit.
*
* Affected: kernel < 4.10.6 mainline. Stable backports:
* 4.10.x : K >= 4.10.6
* 4.9.x : K >= 4.9.18 (LTS — RHEL 7-ish era)
* 4.4.x : K >= 4.4.57
* 3.18.x : K >= 3.18.49
*
* Exploitation preconditions:
* - CAP_NET_RAW (via unprivileged user_ns) to create AF_PACKET socket
* - CONFIG_PACKET=y (almost always — even container kernels)
*
* Why famous: was the canonical "userns + AF_PACKET → root" chain for
* Konovalov's research era. Many other AF_PACKET bugs followed (e.g.
* CVE-2020-14386) sharing the same userns-clone gate.
*/
#include "iamroot_modules.h"
#include "../../core/registry.h"
#include "../../core/kernel_range.h"
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sched.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
static const struct kernel_patched_from af_packet_patched_branches[] = {
{3, 18, 49},
{4, 4, 57},
{4, 9, 18},
{4, 10, 6},
{4, 11, 0}, /* mainline */
};
static const struct kernel_range af_packet_range = {
.patched_from = af_packet_patched_branches,
.n_patched_from = sizeof(af_packet_patched_branches) /
sizeof(af_packet_patched_branches[0]),
};
static int can_unshare_userns(void)
{
pid_t pid = fork();
if (pid < 0) return -1;
if (pid == 0) {
if (unshare(CLONE_NEWUSER | CLONE_NEWNET) == 0) _exit(0);
_exit(1);
}
int status;
waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
return WIFEXITED(status) && WEXITSTATUS(status) == 0;
}
static iamroot_result_t af_packet_detect(const struct iamroot_ctx *ctx)
{
struct kernel_version v;
if (!kernel_version_current(&v)) {
fprintf(stderr, "[!] af_packet: could not parse kernel version\n");
return IAMROOT_TEST_ERROR;
}
bool patched = kernel_range_is_patched(&af_packet_range, &v);
if (patched) {
if (!ctx->json) {
fprintf(stderr, "[+] af_packet: kernel %s is patched\n", v.release);
}
return IAMROOT_OK;
}
int userns_ok = can_unshare_userns();
if (!ctx->json) {
fprintf(stderr, "[i] af_packet: kernel %s in vulnerable range\n", v.release);
fprintf(stderr, "[i] af_packet: user_ns+net_ns clone (CAP_NET_RAW gate): %s\n",
userns_ok == 1 ? "ALLOWED" :
userns_ok == 0 ? "DENIED" : "could not test");
}
if (userns_ok == 0) {
if (!ctx->json) {
fprintf(stderr, "[+] af_packet: user_ns denied → "
"unprivileged exploit unreachable\n");
}
return IAMROOT_PRECOND_FAIL;
}
if (!ctx->json) {
fprintf(stderr, "[!] af_packet: VULNERABLE — kernel in range AND user_ns reachable\n");
}
return IAMROOT_VULNERABLE;
}
static iamroot_result_t af_packet_exploit(const struct iamroot_ctx *ctx)
{
(void)ctx;
fprintf(stderr,
"[-] af_packet: exploit not yet implemented in IAMROOT.\n"
" Status: 🔵 DETECT-ONLY. Reference: Konovalov's PoC.\n"
" Exploit shape: unshare userns → setsockopt(SOL_PACKET,\n"
" PACKET_VERSION, TPACKET_V3) → setsockopt with crafted\n"
" tpacket_req3 (tp_block_size + tp_frame_size triggers overflow)\n"
" → heap write-where → cred overwrite.\n");
return IAMROOT_PRECOND_FAIL;
}
static const char af_packet_auditd[] =
"# AF_PACKET TPACKET_V3 LPE (CVE-2017-7308) — auditd detection rules\n"
"# Flag AF_PACKET socket creation from non-root via userns.\n"
"-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S socket -F a0=17 -k iamroot-af-packet\n"
"-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S unshare -k iamroot-af-packet-userns\n";
const struct iamroot_module af_packet_module = {
.name = "af_packet",
.cve = "CVE-2017-7308",
.summary = "AF_PACKET TPACKET_V3 integer overflow → heap write-where → cred overwrite",
.family = "af_packet",
.kernel_range = "K < 4.10.6, backports: 4.10.6 / 4.9.18 / 4.4.57 / 3.18.49",
.detect = af_packet_detect,
.exploit = af_packet_exploit,
.mitigate = NULL,
.cleanup = NULL,
.detect_auditd = af_packet_auditd,
.detect_sigma = NULL,
.detect_yara = NULL,
.detect_falco = NULL,
};
void iamroot_register_af_packet(void)
{
iamroot_register(&af_packet_module);
}
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/*
* af_packet_cve_2017_7308 — IAMROOT module registry hook
*/
#ifndef AF_PACKET_IAMROOT_MODULES_H
#define AF_PACKET_IAMROOT_MODULES_H
#include "../../core/module.h"
extern const struct iamroot_module af_packet_module;
#endif
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/*
* fuse_legacy_cve_2022_0185 — IAMROOT module
*
* legacy_parse_param() in fs/fs_context.c had a heap overflow when
* parsing the "fsconfig" filesystem option strings — specifically,
* legacy_load_simple_buf() didn't bound-check the option length.
* Originally reported as a FUSE mount path bug but actually applies
* to any filesystem mountable from a userns (FUSE was just the
* easiest reach).
*
* Discovered by William Liu / Crusaders of Rust (Jan 2022). Famous
* in container-escape contexts (docker/k8s, especially rootless).
*
* STATUS: 🔵 DETECT-ONLY. Public PoC by William Liu (gh repo
* Crusaders-of-Rust/CVE-2022-0185) demonstrates kernel R/W + cred
* overwrite via cross-cache UAF; porting is a follow-up.
*
* Affected: kernel 5.1+ until fix:
* Mainline fix: 722d94847de29 (Jan 18 2022) — lands in 5.16.2
* 5.16.x : K >= 5.16.2
* 5.15.x : K >= 5.15.14
* 5.10.x : K >= 5.10.91
* 5.4.x : K >= 5.4.171
*
* Preconditions:
* - Unprivileged user_ns + mount-ns (to get CAP_SYS_ADMIN inside userns)
* - Any mountable filesystem from userns context (legacy_load path
* used FUSE, but cgroup2 and others also reach the bug)
*
* For "tool for system admins": this is the container-escape angle.
* Workloads running rootless containers (Podman, snap, flatpak) sit
* on this bug if the host kernel is unpatched and unprivileged_userns
* is enabled.
*/
#include "iamroot_modules.h"
#include "../../core/registry.h"
#include "../../core/kernel_range.h"
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sched.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
static const struct kernel_patched_from fuse_legacy_patched_branches[] = {
{5, 4, 171},
{5, 10, 91},
{5, 15, 14},
{5, 16, 2},
{5, 17, 0}, /* mainline */
};
static const struct kernel_range fuse_legacy_range = {
.patched_from = fuse_legacy_patched_branches,
.n_patched_from = sizeof(fuse_legacy_patched_branches) /
sizeof(fuse_legacy_patched_branches[0]),
};
static int can_unshare_userns_mount(void)
{
pid_t pid = fork();
if (pid < 0) return -1;
if (pid == 0) {
if (unshare(CLONE_NEWUSER | CLONE_NEWNS) == 0) _exit(0);
_exit(1);
}
int status;
waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
return WIFEXITED(status) && WEXITSTATUS(status) == 0;
}
static iamroot_result_t fuse_legacy_detect(const struct iamroot_ctx *ctx)
{
struct kernel_version v;
if (!kernel_version_current(&v)) {
fprintf(stderr, "[!] fuse_legacy: could not parse kernel version\n");
return IAMROOT_TEST_ERROR;
}
/* Bug introduced in 5.1 (when legacy_parse_param landed). Pre-5.1
* kernels predate the code path entirely. */
if (v.major < 5 || (v.major == 5 && v.minor < 1)) {
if (!ctx->json) {
fprintf(stderr, "[+] fuse_legacy: kernel %s predates the bug introduction\n",
v.release);
}
return IAMROOT_OK;
}
bool patched = kernel_range_is_patched(&fuse_legacy_range, &v);
if (patched) {
if (!ctx->json) {
fprintf(stderr, "[+] fuse_legacy: kernel %s is patched\n", v.release);
}
return IAMROOT_OK;
}
int userns_ok = can_unshare_userns_mount();
if (!ctx->json) {
fprintf(stderr, "[i] fuse_legacy: kernel %s in vulnerable range\n", v.release);
fprintf(stderr, "[i] fuse_legacy: user_ns+mount_ns clone (CAP_SYS_ADMIN gate): %s\n",
userns_ok == 1 ? "ALLOWED" :
userns_ok == 0 ? "DENIED" : "could not test");
}
if (userns_ok == 0) {
if (!ctx->json) {
fprintf(stderr, "[+] fuse_legacy: user_ns denied → "
"unprivileged exploit unreachable\n");
}
return IAMROOT_PRECOND_FAIL;
}
if (!ctx->json) {
fprintf(stderr, "[!] fuse_legacy: VULNERABLE — kernel in range AND "
"userns+mountns reachable\n");
fprintf(stderr, "[i] fuse_legacy: container-escape relevant for rootless "
"docker/podman/snap setups\n");
}
return IAMROOT_VULNERABLE;
}
static iamroot_result_t fuse_legacy_exploit(const struct iamroot_ctx *ctx)
{
(void)ctx;
fprintf(stderr,
"[-] fuse_legacy: exploit not yet implemented in IAMROOT.\n"
" Status: 🔵 DETECT-ONLY. Reference: William Liu's PoC\n"
" (github.com/Crusaders-of-Rust/CVE-2022-0185). Exploit\n"
" shape: unshare userns+mountns → fsopen('cgroup2') →\n"
" fsconfig with crafted long option string → heap OOB write\n"
" → msg_msg cross-cache groom → kernel R/W → cred overwrite.\n");
return IAMROOT_PRECOND_FAIL;
}
static const char fuse_legacy_auditd[] =
"# CVE-2022-0185 — auditd detection rules\n"
"# Flag unshare(USER|NS) chained with fsopen/fsconfig from non-root.\n"
"-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S unshare -k iamroot-fuse-legacy\n"
"-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S fsopen -k iamroot-fuse-legacy-fsopen\n"
"-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S fsconfig -k iamroot-fuse-legacy-fsconfig\n";
const struct iamroot_module fuse_legacy_module = {
.name = "fuse_legacy",
.cve = "CVE-2022-0185",
.summary = "legacy_parse_param fsconfig heap OOB → container-escape LPE",
.family = "fuse_legacy",
.kernel_range = "5.1 ≤ K, fixed mainline 5.16.2; backports: 5.16.2 / 5.15.14 / 5.10.91 / 5.4.171",
.detect = fuse_legacy_detect,
.exploit = fuse_legacy_exploit,
.mitigate = NULL,
.cleanup = NULL,
.detect_auditd = fuse_legacy_auditd,
.detect_sigma = NULL,
.detect_yara = NULL,
.detect_falco = NULL,
};
void iamroot_register_fuse_legacy(void)
{
iamroot_register(&fuse_legacy_module);
}
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/*
* fuse_legacy_cve_2022_0185 — IAMROOT module registry hook
*/
#ifndef FUSE_LEGACY_IAMROOT_MODULES_H
#define FUSE_LEGACY_IAMROOT_MODULES_H
#include "../../core/module.h"
extern const struct iamroot_module fuse_legacy_module;
#endif