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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT // OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, // SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT // LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, // DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY // THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT // (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE // OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. // exploitability_linux.cc: Linux specific exploitability engine. // // Provides a guess at the exploitability of the crash for the Linux // platform given a minidump and process_state. // // Author: Matthew Riley #include "processor/exploitability_linux.h" #include "google_breakpad/common/minidump_exception_linux.h" #include "google_breakpad/processor/call_stack.h" #include "google_breakpad/processor/process_state.h" #include "google_breakpad/processor/stack_frame.h" #include "processor/logging.h" namespace { // This function in libc is called if the program was compiled with // -fstack-protector and a function's stack canary changes. const char kStackCheckFailureFunction[] = "__stack_chk_fail"; // This function in libc is called if the program was compiled with // -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2, a function like strcpy() is called, and the runtime // can determine that the call would overflow the target buffer. const char kBoundsCheckFailureFunction[] = "__chk_fail"; } // namespace namespace google_breakpad { ExploitabilityLinux::ExploitabilityLinux(Minidump *dump, ProcessState *process_state) : Exploitability(dump, process_state) { } ExploitabilityRating ExploitabilityLinux::CheckPlatformExploitability() { // Check the crashing thread for functions suggesting a buffer overflow or // stack smash. if (process_state_->requesting_thread() != -1) { CallStack* crashing_thread = process_state_->threads()->at(process_state_->requesting_thread()); const vector& crashing_thread_frames = *crashing_thread->frames(); for (size_t i = 0; i < crashing_thread_frames.size(); ++i) { if (crashing_thread_frames[i]->function_name == kStackCheckFailureFunction) { return EXPLOITABILITY_HIGH; } if (crashing_thread_frames[i]->function_name == kBoundsCheckFailureFunction) { return EXPLOITABILITY_HIGH; } } } // Getting exception data. (It should exist for all minidumps.) MinidumpException *exception = dump_->GetException(); if (exception == NULL) { BPLOG(INFO) << "No exception record."; return EXPLOITABILITY_ERR_PROCESSING; } const MDRawExceptionStream *raw_exception_stream = exception->exception(); if (raw_exception_stream == NULL) { BPLOG(INFO) << "No raw exception stream."; return EXPLOITABILITY_ERR_PROCESSING; } // Checking for benign exceptions that caused the crash. if (this->BenignCrashTrigger(raw_exception_stream)) { return EXPLOITABILITY_NONE; } // Check if the instruction pointer is in a valid instruction region // by finding if it maps to an executable part of memory. uint64_t instruction_ptr = 0; uint64_t stack_ptr = 0; const MinidumpContext *context = exception->GetContext(); if (context == NULL) { BPLOG(INFO) << "No exception context."; return EXPLOITABILITY_ERR_PROCESSING; } // Getting the instruction pointer. if (!context->GetInstructionPointer(&instruction_ptr)) { BPLOG(INFO) << "Failed to retrieve instruction pointer."; return EXPLOITABILITY_ERR_PROCESSING; } // Getting the stack pointer. if (!context->GetStackPointer(&stack_ptr)) { BPLOG(INFO) << "Failed to retrieve stack pointer."; return EXPLOITABILITY_ERR_PROCESSING; } // Checking for the instruction pointer in a valid instruction region. if (!this->InstructionPointerInCode(instruction_ptr) || this->StackPointerOffStack(stack_ptr) || this->ExecutableStackOrHeap()) { return EXPLOITABILITY_HIGH; } // There was no strong evidence suggesting exploitability, but the minidump // does not appear totally benign either. return EXPLOITABILITY_INTERESTING; } bool ExploitabilityLinux::StackPointerOffStack(uint64_t stack_ptr) { MinidumpLinuxMapsList *linux_maps_list = dump_->GetLinuxMapsList(); // Inconclusive if there are no mappings available. if (!linux_maps_list) { return false; } const MinidumpLinuxMaps *linux_maps = linux_maps_list->GetLinuxMapsForAddress(stack_ptr); // Checks if the stack pointer maps to a valid mapping and if the mapping // is not the stack. If the mapping has no name, it is inconclusive whether // it is off the stack. return !linux_maps || (linux_maps->GetPathname().compare("") && linux_maps->GetPathname().compare("[stack]")); } bool ExploitabilityLinux::ExecutableStackOrHeap() { MinidumpLinuxMapsList *linux_maps_list = dump_->GetLinuxMapsList(); if (linux_maps_list) { for (size_t i = 0; i < linux_maps_list->get_maps_count(); i++) { const MinidumpLinuxMaps *linux_maps = linux_maps_list->GetLinuxMapsAtIndex(i); // Check for executable stack or heap for each mapping. if (linux_maps && (!linux_maps->GetPathname().compare("[stack]") || !linux_maps->GetPathname().compare("[heap]")) && linux_maps->IsExecutable()) { return true; } } } return false; } bool ExploitabilityLinux::InstructionPointerInCode(uint64_t instruction_ptr) { // Get Linux memory mapping from /proc/self/maps. Checking whether the // region the instruction pointer is in has executable permission can tell // whether it is in a valid code region. If there is no mapping for the // instruction pointer, it is indicative that the instruction pointer is // not within a module, which implies that it is outside a valid area. MinidumpLinuxMapsList *linux_maps_list = dump_->GetLinuxMapsList(); const MinidumpLinuxMaps *linux_maps = linux_maps_list ? linux_maps_list->GetLinuxMapsForAddress(instruction_ptr) : NULL; return linux_maps ? linux_maps->IsExecutable() : false; } bool ExploitabilityLinux::BenignCrashTrigger(const MDRawExceptionStream *raw_exception_stream) { // Check the cause of crash. // If the exception of the crash is a benign exception, // it is probably not exploitable. switch (raw_exception_stream->exception_record.exception_code) { case MD_EXCEPTION_CODE_LIN_SIGHUP: case MD_EXCEPTION_CODE_LIN_SIGINT: case MD_EXCEPTION_CODE_LIN_SIGQUIT: case MD_EXCEPTION_CODE_LIN_SIGTRAP: case MD_EXCEPTION_CODE_LIN_SIGABRT: case MD_EXCEPTION_CODE_LIN_SIGFPE: case MD_EXCEPTION_CODE_LIN_SIGKILL: case MD_EXCEPTION_CODE_LIN_SIGUSR1: case MD_EXCEPTION_CODE_LIN_SIGUSR2: case MD_EXCEPTION_CODE_LIN_SIGPIPE: case MD_EXCEPTION_CODE_LIN_SIGALRM: case MD_EXCEPTION_CODE_LIN_SIGTERM: case MD_EXCEPTION_CODE_LIN_SIGCHLD: case MD_EXCEPTION_CODE_LIN_SIGCONT: case MD_EXCEPTION_CODE_LIN_SIGSTOP: case MD_EXCEPTION_CODE_LIN_SIGTSTP: case MD_EXCEPTION_CODE_LIN_SIGTTIN: case MD_EXCEPTION_CODE_LIN_SIGTTOU: case MD_EXCEPTION_CODE_LIN_SIGURG: case MD_EXCEPTION_CODE_LIN_SIGXCPU: case MD_EXCEPTION_CODE_LIN_SIGXFSZ: case MD_EXCEPTION_CODE_LIN_SIGVTALRM: case MD_EXCEPTION_CODE_LIN_SIGPROF: case MD_EXCEPTION_CODE_LIN_SIGWINCH: case MD_EXCEPTION_CODE_LIN_SIGIO: case MD_EXCEPTION_CODE_LIN_SIGPWR: case MD_EXCEPTION_CODE_LIN_SIGSYS: case MD_EXCEPTION_CODE_LIN_DUMP_REQUESTED: return true; break; default: return false; break; } } } // namespace google_breakpad