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// Copyright (c) 2013 Google Inc.
// All rights reserved.
//
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// met:
//
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//
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// A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
// OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
// SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
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// 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<StackFrame*>& 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;

  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)) {
    return EXPLOITABILITY_ERR_PROCESSING;
  }

  // Checking for the instruction pointer in a valid instruction region.
  if (!this->InstructionPointerInCode(instruction_ptr)) {
    return EXPLOITABILITY_HIGH;
  }

  return EXPLOITABILITY_INTERESTING;
}

bool ExploitabilityLinux::InstructionPointerInCode(uint64_t instruction_ptr) {
  // Here we get memory mapping. Most minidumps will not contain a memory
  // mapping, so we will commonly resort to checking modules.
  MinidumpMemoryInfoList *mem_info_list = dump_->GetMemoryInfoList();
  const MinidumpMemoryInfo *mem_info =
      mem_info_list ?
      mem_info_list->GetMemoryInfoForAddress(instruction_ptr) : NULL;

  // Checking if the memory mapping at the instruction pointer is executable.
  // If there is no memory mapping, we will use the modules as reference.
  if (mem_info != NULL) {
    return mem_info->IsExecutable();
  }

  // If the memory mapping retrieval fails, we will check the modules
  // to see if the instruction pointer is inside a module.
  // TODO(liuandrew): Check if the instruction pointer lies in an executable
  // region within the module.
  MinidumpModuleList *minidump_module_list = dump_->GetModuleList();
  return !minidump_module_list ||
          minidump_module_list->GetModuleForAddress(instruction_ptr);
}

bool ExploitabilityLinux::BenignCrashTrigger(const MDRawExceptionStream
                                                  *raw_exception_stream) {
  // Here we 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