README.md

Introduction

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The source code and Makefile are provided for compilation. The exploit was written for Linux 5.4.0 with the following mitigations enabled when compiling the Kernel:

1. USER_HARDENED_COPY
2. SLUB_FREELIST_RANDOMIZATION
3. SMAP, KASLR (FG-KASLR), SMEP, KPTI

The exploit triggered and used a Heap Overflow to leak kernel addresses and used a kernel AAW to overwrite core_pattern. The following is the expected result when the exploit is run.

A core file can simply be dumped by triggering a segmentation fault with ulimit set to ulimit -c unlimited, for example, using the following C code.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(){
	__asm(".intel_syntax noprefix; xor rax, rax; call rax; .att_syntax");
	return 0;
}

When the segmentation fault is triggered /tmp/bash is created and where executed this returns a root shell.