May 26, 2021 | kernel, Linux
void dfs(struct rb_node *node) { struct vm_area_struct *vma; vma = rb_entry(node, struct vm_area_struct, vm_rb); trace_printk(“VMA: [0x%px – 0x%px]”, (void *)vma->vm_start, (void *)vma->vm_end); if (node->rb_left) dfs(node->rb_left); if...
Jan 21, 2021 | Linux, kernel
TL;DR: If process B is tracing process A using something like ptrace(), then B is the parent of A. In that case, B is not necessarily the real_parent of A. If B creates A (e.g. using fork()) but terminates before A, then init (PID 1) now becomes both the parent...
Jun 18, 2020 | kernel, write-up
Playing with vDSO! Each team was presented with unprivileged access to a Digital Ocean droplet running 64-bit Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS. The vulnerable kernel module StringIPC.ko was loaded on each system, and successful exploitation would allow for local...
Jun 10, 2020 | kernel, write-up
Yes, indeed. It is yet another “baby” challenge… As its name suggests, this is a kernel PWN challenge. Only the vulnerable LKM and a QEMU startup script are provided, so the very first thing is to download a bzImage of the corresponding version, for...
