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leviathan 8938a74d04 detection rules: YARA + Falco for the 6 highest-rank modules + playbook
Closes the 'rules in the box' gap — the README has claimed YARA +
Falco coverage but detect_yara and detect_falco were NULL on every
module. This commit lights up both formats for the 6 highest-value
modules (covering 10 of 31 registered modules via family-shared
rules), and the existing operational playbook gains the
format-specific deployment recipes + the cross-format correlation
table.

YARA rules (8 rules, 9 module-headers, 152 lines):
- copy_fail_family — etc_passwd_uid_flip + etc_passwd_root_no_password
  (shared across copy_fail / copy_fail_gcm / dirty_frag_esp /
   dirty_frag_esp6 / dirty_frag_rxrpc)
- dirty_pipe — passwd UID flip pattern, dirty-pipe-specific tag
- dirtydecrypt — 28-byte ELF prefix match on tiny_elf[] + setuid+execve
  shellcode tail, detects the page-cache overlay landing
- fragnesia — 28-byte ELF prefix on shell_elf[] + setuid+setgid+seteuid
  cascade, detects the 192-byte page-cache overlay
- pwnkit — gconv-modules cache file format (small text file with
  module UTF-8// X// /tmp/...)
- pack2theroot — malicious .deb (ar archive + SUID-bash postinst) +
  /tmp/.suid_bash artifact scan

Falco rules (13 rules, 9 module-headers, 219 lines):
- pwnkit — pkexec with empty argv + GCONV_PATH/CHARSET env from non-root
- copy_fail_family — AF_ALG socket from non-root + NETLINK_XFRM from
  unprivileged userns + /etc/passwd modified by non-root
- dirty_pipe — splice() of setuid/credential file by non-root
- dirtydecrypt — AF_RXRPC socket + add_key(rxrpc) by non-root
- fragnesia — TCP_ULP=espintcp from non-root + splice of setuid binary
- pack2theroot — SUID bit set on /tmp/.suid_bash + dpkg invoked by
  packagekitd with /tmp/.pk-*.deb + 2x InstallFiles on same transaction

Wiring: each module's .detect_yara and .detect_falco struct fields
now point at the embedded string. The dispatcher dedups by pointer,
so family-shared rules emit once across the 5 sub-modules.

docs/DETECTION_PLAYBOOK.md augmented (302 -> 456 lines):
- New 'YARA artifact scanning' subsection under SIEM integration
  with scheduled-scan cron pattern + per-rule trigger table
- New 'Falco runtime detection' subsection with deploy + per-rule
  trigger table
- New 'Per-module detection coverage' table — 4-format matrix
- New 'Correlation across formats' section — multi-format incident
  signature per exploit (the 3-of-4 signal pattern)
- New 'Worked example: catching DirtyDecrypt end-to-end' walkthrough
  from Falco page through yara confirmation, recovery, hunt + patch

The existing operational lifecycle / SIEM patterns / FP tuning
content is preserved unchanged — this commit only adds.

Final stats:
- auditd: 109 rule statements across 27 modules
- sigma:  16 sigma rules across 19 modules
- yara:    8 yara rules across 9 module headers (5 family + 4 distinct)
- falco:  13 falco rules across 9 module headers

The remaining 21 modules can gain YARA / Falco coverage incrementally
by populating their detect_yara / detect_falco struct fields.
2026-05-23 00:47:13 -04:00

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/*
* copy_fail_family — SKELETONKEY module bridge layer
*
* Wraps the existing per-CVE detect/exploit functions (from the
* absorbed DIRTYFAIL codebase) as standard skeletonkey_module entries.
*
* The bridge functions translate between the family's df_result_t
* (defined in src/common.h) and skeletonkey_result_t (defined in
* core/module.h). Numeric values are identical by design so the
* translation is a direct cast.
*
* skeletonkey_ctx fields (no_color, json, active_probe, no_shell) are
* forwarded to the family's existing global flags before each
* callback. This preserves DIRTYFAIL's existing CLI semantics
* unchanged.
*/
#include "skeletonkey_modules.h"
#include "../../core/registry.h"
#include "../../core/host.h"
#include "src/common.h"
#include "src/copyfail.h"
#include "src/copyfail_gcm.h"
#include "src/dirtyfrag_esp.h"
#include "src/dirtyfrag_esp6.h"
#include "src/dirtyfrag_rxrpc.h"
#include "src/mitigate.h"
#include <sys/stat.h>
static void apply_ctx(const struct skeletonkey_ctx *ctx)
{
dirtyfail_use_color = !ctx->no_color;
dirtyfail_active_probes = ctx->active_probe;
dirtyfail_json = ctx->json;
/* Forward the --i-know authorization gate. SKELETONKEY already
* blocks --exploit/--auto unless --i-know is passed, so by the time
* a DIRTYFAIL exploit callback runs, authorization is established.
* This lets typed_confirm() skip its (now redundant) interactive
* prompt, which otherwise deadlocks `skeletonkey --auto --i-know`. */
dirtyfail_assume_yes = ctx->authorized;
/* dirtyfail_no_revert is intentionally not driven from ctx —
* it's a debug knob; default stays off. */
}
/* Bridge-level userns precondition. The 4 dirty_frag siblings + the
* GCM variant all reach the bug via XFRM-ESP / AF_RXRPC paths gated on
* unprivileged user-namespace creation (the inner DIRTYFAIL detect
* checks for it too, but doing it here gives the dispatcher one
* testable point per module and short-circuits the heavier
* inner-detect work when the gate is closed). copy_fail itself uses
* AF_ALG which doesn't strictly need userns, so it bypasses this
* gate — its inner detect still confirms the primitive empirically. */
static skeletonkey_result_t cff_check_userns(const char *modname,
const struct skeletonkey_ctx *ctx)
{
if (ctx->host && !ctx->host->unprivileged_userns_allowed) {
if (!ctx->json)
fprintf(stderr, "[i] %s: unprivileged user namespaces are "
"disabled (host fingerprint) — XFRM/RxRPC variant "
"unreachable here%s\n", modname,
ctx->host->apparmor_restrict_userns
? "; AppArmor restriction is on" : "");
return SKELETONKEY_PRECOND_FAIL;
}
return SKELETONKEY_OK;
}
/* ----- Family-wide --mitigate / --cleanup -----
*
* The family-wide mitigation (blacklist algif_aead + esp4 + esp6 + rxrpc,
* set apparmor_restrict_unprivileged_userns=1, drop_caches) is the same
* for every member of this family. All 5 modules' .mitigate fields
* therefore point at the same wrapper.
*
* For .cleanup we route based on visible state:
* - If the mitigation conf file is present, the user most recently
* ran --mitigate → revert that.
* - Otherwise the user ran --exploit → evict /etc/passwd from page
* cache.
* This is a heuristic, not a state machine. Sufficient for the common
* usage patterns. */
#define CFF_MITIGATE_CONF "/etc/modprobe.d/dirtyfail-mitigations.conf"
static skeletonkey_result_t copy_fail_family_mitigate(const struct skeletonkey_ctx *ctx)
{
apply_ctx(ctx);
return (skeletonkey_result_t)mitigate_apply();
}
static skeletonkey_result_t copy_fail_family_cleanup(const struct skeletonkey_ctx *ctx)
{
apply_ctx(ctx);
struct stat st;
if (stat(CFF_MITIGATE_CONF, &st) == 0) {
if (!ctx->json) {
fprintf(stderr, "[*] copy_fail_family: detected mitigation conf "
"(%s); reverting mitigation\n", CFF_MITIGATE_CONF);
}
return (skeletonkey_result_t)mitigate_revert();
}
if (!ctx->json) {
fprintf(stderr, "[*] copy_fail_family: no mitigation conf; "
"evicting /etc/passwd from page cache\n");
}
return try_revert_passwd_page_cache() ? SKELETONKEY_OK : SKELETONKEY_TEST_ERROR;
}
/* ----- copy_fail (CVE-2026-31431) ----- */
static skeletonkey_result_t copy_fail_detect_wrap(const struct skeletonkey_ctx *ctx)
{
apply_ctx(ctx);
return (skeletonkey_result_t)copyfail_detect();
}
static skeletonkey_result_t copy_fail_exploit_wrap(const struct skeletonkey_ctx *ctx)
{
apply_ctx(ctx);
return (skeletonkey_result_t)copyfail_exploit(!ctx->no_shell);
}
/* Shared detection rules for the copy_fail family — every member of
* this family exploits the same page-cache-write primitive and lands
* in the same files (/etc/passwd or /usr/bin/su). One rule set covers
* all five module entries. Per-module structs alias the same strings. */
static const char copy_fail_family_auditd[] =
"# Copy Fail family (CVE-2026-31431 + Dirty Frag CVE-2026-43284 + RxRPC CVE-2026-43500)\n"
"# Page-cache writes to passwd/shadow/su/sudoers from non-root.\n"
"-w /etc/passwd -p wa -k skeletonkey-copy-fail\n"
"-w /etc/shadow -p wa -k skeletonkey-copy-fail\n"
"-w /etc/sudoers -p wa -k skeletonkey-copy-fail\n"
"-w /etc/sudoers.d -p wa -k skeletonkey-copy-fail\n"
"-w /usr/bin/su -p wa -k skeletonkey-copy-fail\n"
"# AF_ALG socket creation by non-root — heavily used by exploit\n"
"-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S socket -F a0=38 -k skeletonkey-copy-fail-afalg\n"
"# xfrm SA setup (Dirty Frag ESP variants)\n"
"-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S setsockopt -k skeletonkey-copy-fail-xfrm\n";
static const char copy_fail_family_sigma[] =
"title: Copy Fail / Dirty Frag family exploitation\n"
"id: 4d8e6c2a-skeletonkey-copy-fail-family\n"
"status: experimental\n"
"description: |\n"
" Detects the file-modification footprint of Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431) and\n"
" Dirty Frag siblings (CVE-2026-43284 v4/v6, CVE-2026-43500). Catches the\n"
" /etc/passwd UID-flip backdoor + the persistent backdoor account install.\n"
"logsource: {product: linux, service: auditd}\n"
"detection:\n"
" modification:\n"
" type: 'PATH'\n"
" name|startswith: ['/etc/passwd', '/etc/shadow', '/etc/sudoers', '/usr/bin/su']\n"
" not_root: {auid|expression: '!= 0'}\n"
" condition: modification and not_root\n"
"level: high\n"
"tags: [attack.privilege_escalation, attack.t1068, cve.2026.31431, cve.2026.43284, cve.2026.43500]\n";
/* YARA + Falco rules shared across the 5 family modules. Scanned via
* --detect-rules; the dispatcher dedups by pointer so the rule blob
* emits once even though copy_fail / copy_fail_gcm / dirty_frag_*
* all point at the same string. */
static const char copy_fail_family_yara[] =
"rule etc_passwd_uid_flip : page_cache_write\n"
"{\n"
" meta:\n"
" cve = \"CVE-2026-31431 / CVE-2026-43284 / CVE-2026-43500\"\n"
" description = \"/etc/passwd page-cache UID flip: a non-root user line shows a zero-padded UID (the canonical Copy Fail / Dirty Frag / DirtyDecrypt / Dirty Pipe payload). Scan /etc/passwd; legitimate root uses plain '0:', never '0000:'.\"\n"
" author = \"SKELETONKEY\"\n"
" strings:\n"
" // lowercase-start username, optional shadow ('x') password, then UID 0000 or longer\n"
" $uid_flip = /\\n[a-z_][a-z0-9_-]{0,30}:[^:]{0,8}:0{4,}:[0-9]+:/\n"
" condition:\n"
" $uid_flip\n"
"}\n"
"\n"
"rule etc_passwd_root_no_password\n"
"{\n"
" meta:\n"
" cve = \"CVE-2026-31635 (DirtyDecrypt sliding-window write)\"\n"
" description = \"/etc/passwd root entry rewritten to have an empty password field — the DirtyDecrypt PoC's intermediate corruption (rewrite root's password to empty, then `su root` without password).\"\n"
" author = \"SKELETONKEY\"\n"
" strings:\n"
" $root_open = /\\nroot::0:0:/ // empty password (canonical x or ! when shadowed)\n"
" condition:\n"
" $root_open\n"
"}\n";
static const char copy_fail_family_falco[] =
"- rule: AF_ALG authenc keyblob installed by non-root (Copy Fail primitive)\n"
" desc: |\n"
" A non-root process creates an AF_ALG socket and installs an\n"
" authencesn(hmac(sha256),cbc(aes)) keyblob via ALG_SET_KEY.\n"
" Core of the Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431) primitive — also\n"
" triggered by the GCM variant. AF_ALG by non-root is rare on\n"
" most servers; tune by allow-listing your crypto-using daemons.\n"
" condition: >\n"
" evt.type = socket and evt.arg[0] = 38 and not user.uid = 0\n"
" output: >\n"
" AF_ALG socket() by non-root (user=%user.name pid=%proc.pid\n"
" ppid=%proc.ppid parent=%proc.pname cmdline=\"%proc.cmdline\")\n"
" priority: WARNING\n"
" tags: [process, cve.2026.31431, copy_fail]\n"
"\n"
"- rule: XFRM NETLINK_XFRM bind from unprivileged userns (Dirty Frag primitive)\n"
" desc: |\n"
" A NETLINK_XFRM socket is opened from inside an unprivileged\n"
" user namespace, with subsequent XFRM_MSG_NEWSA installing an\n"
" ESP(rfc4106(gcm(aes))) state. Core of the Dirty Frag esp/esp6\n"
" variants — also tripped by Fragnesia's setup phase. Legitimate\n"
" XFRM use is normally privileged (strongSwan, libreswan).\n"
" condition: >\n"
" evt.type = sendto and not user.uid = 0 and\n"
" proc.aname[1] != \"\" // we want non-init userns; refine with k8s.namespace or container.id\n"
" output: >\n"
" NETLINK_XFRM sendto from non-root (user=%user.name pid=%proc.pid\n"
" proc=%proc.name)\n"
" priority: WARNING\n"
" tags: [process, cve.2026.43284, dirty_frag]\n"
"\n"
"- rule: /etc/passwd modified by non-root (Copy Fail / Dirty Frag / Dirty Pipe outcome)\n"
" desc: |\n"
" /etc/passwd is read-only for non-root, so a non-root caller\n"
" showing up on its open(W_OK) audit trail indicates a\n"
" page-cache write primitive succeeded. Catches the post-fire\n"
" state for the whole copy_fail family + dirty_pipe.\n"
" condition: >\n"
" open_write and fd.name = /etc/passwd and not user.uid = 0\n"
" output: >\n"
" Non-root write to /etc/passwd (user=%user.name pid=%proc.pid\n"
" proc=%proc.name)\n"
" priority: CRITICAL\n"
" tags: [filesystem, mitre_privilege_escalation, T1068, copy_fail, dirty_frag]\n";
const struct skeletonkey_module copy_fail_module = {
.name = "copy_fail",
.cve = "CVE-2026-31431",
.summary = "algif_aead authencesn page-cache write → /etc/passwd UID flip",
.family = "copy_fail_family",
.kernel_range = "≤ 6.12.84, fixed mainline 2026-04-22",
.detect = copy_fail_detect_wrap,
.exploit = copy_fail_exploit_wrap,
.mitigate = copy_fail_family_mitigate,
.cleanup = copy_fail_family_cleanup,
.detect_auditd = copy_fail_family_auditd,
.detect_sigma = copy_fail_family_sigma,
.detect_yara = copy_fail_family_yara,
.detect_falco = copy_fail_family_falco,
};
/* ----- copy_fail_gcm (variant, no CVE) ----- */
static skeletonkey_result_t copy_fail_gcm_detect_wrap(const struct skeletonkey_ctx *ctx)
{
apply_ctx(ctx);
skeletonkey_result_t pre = cff_check_userns("copy_fail_gcm", ctx);
if (pre != SKELETONKEY_OK) return pre;
return (skeletonkey_result_t)copyfail_gcm_detect();
}
static skeletonkey_result_t copy_fail_gcm_exploit_wrap(const struct skeletonkey_ctx *ctx)
{
apply_ctx(ctx);
return (skeletonkey_result_t)copyfail_gcm_exploit(!ctx->no_shell);
}
const struct skeletonkey_module copy_fail_gcm_module = {
.name = "copy_fail_gcm",
.cve = "VARIANT",
.summary = "rfc4106(gcm(aes)) single-byte page-cache write (Copy Fail sibling)",
.family = "copy_fail_family",
.kernel_range = "same as copy_fail; rfc4106(gcm(aes)) not in modprobe blacklist",
.detect = copy_fail_gcm_detect_wrap,
.exploit = copy_fail_gcm_exploit_wrap,
.mitigate = copy_fail_family_mitigate,
.cleanup = copy_fail_family_cleanup,
.detect_auditd = copy_fail_family_auditd,
.detect_sigma = copy_fail_family_sigma,
.detect_yara = copy_fail_family_yara,
.detect_falco = copy_fail_family_falco,
};
/* ----- dirty_frag_esp (CVE-2026-43284 v4) ----- */
static skeletonkey_result_t dirty_frag_esp_detect_wrap(const struct skeletonkey_ctx *ctx)
{
apply_ctx(ctx);
skeletonkey_result_t pre = cff_check_userns("dirty_frag_esp", ctx);
if (pre != SKELETONKEY_OK) return pre;
return (skeletonkey_result_t)dirtyfrag_esp_detect();
}
static skeletonkey_result_t dirty_frag_esp_exploit_wrap(const struct skeletonkey_ctx *ctx)
{
apply_ctx(ctx);
return (skeletonkey_result_t)dirtyfrag_esp_exploit(!ctx->no_shell);
}
const struct skeletonkey_module dirty_frag_esp_module = {
.name = "dirty_frag_esp",
.cve = "CVE-2026-43284",
.summary = "IPv4 xfrm-ESP page-cache write (Dirty Frag v4)",
.family = "copy_fail_family",
.kernel_range = "same family as copy_fail; xfrm-ESP path",
.detect = dirty_frag_esp_detect_wrap,
.exploit = dirty_frag_esp_exploit_wrap,
.mitigate = copy_fail_family_mitigate,
.cleanup = copy_fail_family_cleanup,
.detect_auditd = copy_fail_family_auditd,
.detect_sigma = copy_fail_family_sigma,
.detect_yara = copy_fail_family_yara,
.detect_falco = copy_fail_family_falco,
};
/* ----- dirty_frag_esp6 (CVE-2026-43284 v6) ----- */
static skeletonkey_result_t dirty_frag_esp6_detect_wrap(const struct skeletonkey_ctx *ctx)
{
apply_ctx(ctx);
skeletonkey_result_t pre = cff_check_userns("dirty_frag_esp6", ctx);
if (pre != SKELETONKEY_OK) return pre;
return (skeletonkey_result_t)dirtyfrag_esp6_detect();
}
static skeletonkey_result_t dirty_frag_esp6_exploit_wrap(const struct skeletonkey_ctx *ctx)
{
apply_ctx(ctx);
return (skeletonkey_result_t)dirtyfrag_esp6_exploit(!ctx->no_shell);
}
const struct skeletonkey_module dirty_frag_esp6_module = {
.name = "dirty_frag_esp6",
.cve = "CVE-2026-43284",
.summary = "IPv6 xfrm-ESP page-cache write (Dirty Frag v6)",
.family = "copy_fail_family",
.kernel_range = "same family as copy_fail; xfrm-ESP6 path; V6 STORE shift auto-calibrated",
.detect = dirty_frag_esp6_detect_wrap,
.exploit = dirty_frag_esp6_exploit_wrap,
.mitigate = copy_fail_family_mitigate,
.cleanup = copy_fail_family_cleanup,
.detect_auditd = copy_fail_family_auditd,
.detect_sigma = copy_fail_family_sigma,
.detect_yara = copy_fail_family_yara,
.detect_falco = copy_fail_family_falco,
};
/* ----- dirty_frag_rxrpc (CVE-2026-43500) ----- */
static skeletonkey_result_t dirty_frag_rxrpc_detect_wrap(const struct skeletonkey_ctx *ctx)
{
apply_ctx(ctx);
skeletonkey_result_t pre = cff_check_userns("dirty_frag_rxrpc", ctx);
if (pre != SKELETONKEY_OK) return pre;
return (skeletonkey_result_t)dirtyfrag_rxrpc_detect();
}
static skeletonkey_result_t dirty_frag_rxrpc_exploit_wrap(const struct skeletonkey_ctx *ctx)
{
apply_ctx(ctx);
return (skeletonkey_result_t)dirtyfrag_rxrpc_exploit(!ctx->no_shell);
}
const struct skeletonkey_module dirty_frag_rxrpc_module = {
.name = "dirty_frag_rxrpc",
.cve = "CVE-2026-43500",
.summary = "AF_RXRPC handshake forgery + page-cache write (Dirty Frag RxRPC)",
.family = "copy_fail_family",
.kernel_range = "kernels exposing AF_RXRPC + rxkad with fcrypt fallback",
.detect = dirty_frag_rxrpc_detect_wrap,
.exploit = dirty_frag_rxrpc_exploit_wrap,
.mitigate = copy_fail_family_mitigate,
.cleanup = copy_fail_family_cleanup,
.detect_auditd = copy_fail_family_auditd,
.detect_sigma = copy_fail_family_sigma,
.detect_yara = copy_fail_family_yara,
.detect_falco = copy_fail_family_falco,
};
/* ----- Family registration ----- */
void skeletonkey_register_copy_fail_family(void)
{
skeletonkey_register(&copy_fail_module);
skeletonkey_register(&copy_fail_gcm_module);
skeletonkey_register(&dirty_frag_esp_module);
skeletonkey_register(&dirty_frag_esp6_module);
skeletonkey_register(&dirty_frag_rxrpc_module);
}