linux-kernel - Re: How to hack syscall-table, in kernel 2.6+ ?

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Date:	Tue, 14 Aug 2012 21:43:49 +0530
From:	Ajay Garg <ajaygargnsit@...il.com>
To:	richard.weinberger@...il.com, balbi@...com,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How to hack syscall-table, in kernel 2.6+ ?

Thanks Richard, Felipe, Alan.

First of all, let me tell you that I am highly previleged talking to
some of the most distinguished hackers in the world.
Alan, I truly admire you :)

So, the use-case I am trying to solve, is that only a particular
process should be able to read a group of files, and no one else (i.e.
no-other-user/ no-other-process/no-other-anything). The only exception
is the "root" user, and any user holding "sudo" previleges.

So, only a particular process (with a specified PID), the superuser,
and any user-carrying-sudo previleges, should be able to read a group
of files.

I am still in the process of reading Felipe's link to SeLinux; and it
seems that there might just be the way to achieve what I want :)
Let me figure out the details :)

Thanks and Regards,
Ajay

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 6:10 PM, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
>> I have already tried extracting the address of the "sys_call_table"
>> from "System.Map"; however, I am still not able to replace the
>> function-pointers with mine.
>
> Correct.
>
>> Trying to do gives me page-faults, apparently meaning that the
>> syscall-table memory area is read-only.
>
> Correct.
>
> The kernel is specifically designed to stop such uses by rootkits and
> trojans and other malware.
>
> If you are trying to patch the system call table you are doing something
> wrong. What are you actually trying to achieve ?
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