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29 
30 // exploitability_linux.cc: Linux specific exploitability engine.
31 //
32 // Provides a guess at the exploitability of the crash for the Linux
33 // platform given a minidump and process_state.
34 //
35 // Author: Matthew Riley
36 
37 #include "processor/exploitability_linux.h"
38 
39 #include "google_breakpad/processor/process_state.h"
40 #include "google_breakpad/processor/call_stack.h"
41 #include "google_breakpad/processor/stack_frame.h"
42 
43 namespace {
44 
45 // This function in libc is called if the program was compiled with
46 // -fstack-protector and a function's stack canary changes.
47 const char kStackCheckFailureFunction[] = "__stack_chk_fail";
48 
49 // This function in libc is called if the program was compiled with
50 // -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2, a function like strcpy() is called, and the runtime
51 // can determine that the call would overflow the target buffer.
52 const char kBoundsCheckFailureFunction[] = "__chk_fail";
53 
54 }  // namespace
55 
56 namespace google_breakpad {
57 
ExploitabilityLinux(Minidump * dump,ProcessState * process_state)58 ExploitabilityLinux::ExploitabilityLinux(Minidump *dump,
59                                          ProcessState *process_state)
60     : Exploitability(dump, process_state) { }
61 
CheckPlatformExploitability()62 ExploitabilityRating ExploitabilityLinux::CheckPlatformExploitability() {
63   // Check the crashing thread for functions suggesting a buffer overflow or
64   // stack smash.
65   if (process_state_->requesting_thread() != -1) {
66     CallStack* crashing_thread =
67         process_state_->threads()->at(process_state_->requesting_thread());
68     const vector<StackFrame*>& crashing_thread_frames =
69         *crashing_thread->frames();
70     for (size_t i = 0; i < crashing_thread_frames.size(); ++i) {
71       if (crashing_thread_frames[i]->function_name ==
72           kStackCheckFailureFunction) {
73         return EXPLOITABILITY_HIGH;
74       }
75 
76       if (crashing_thread_frames[i]->function_name ==
77           kBoundsCheckFailureFunction) {
78         return EXPLOITABILITY_HIGH;
79       }
80     }
81   }
82 
83   return EXPLOITABILITY_NONE;
84 }
85 
86 }  // namespace google_breakpad
87