After trying the suggested solution for deriving the KASLR offset shift on a previous question on this topic, i realized that the run time address of system_wq
is different from that in /boot/System.map-$(uname -r)
whether or not KASLR is enabled (although it does remain the same across different KASLR-disabled boots, which obviously doesn't happen on the opposite case).
The following snippet should calculate the sys_call_table
address using the run time address of system_wq
and the System.map addresses of both system_wq
and sys_call_table
(assume sysmap_*
to contain the corresponding System.map addresses). dmesg
outputs are below the snippet.
runtime_sys_call_table = (unsigned long *)
((unsigned long)system_wq - (sysmap_system_wq - sysmap_sys_call_table));
printk("System.map system_wq: 0x%lx\n", sysmap_system_wq);
printk("System.map sys_call_table: 0x%lx\n", sysmap_sys_call_table);
printk("Run time system_wq: 0x%lx\n", (unsigned long)system_wq);
printk("Expected run time sys_call_table: 0x%lx\n", (unsigned long)runtime_sys_call_table);
Boot 1:
[ 126.922753] [lkm] lkm_init: System.map system_wq: 0xffffffff821204b8
[ 127.230661] [lkm] lkm_init: System.map sys_call_table: 0xffffffff81c002a0
[ 127.230662] [lkm] lkm_init: Run time system_wq: 0xffff91fcbe40ae00
[ 127.230662] [lkm] lkm_init: Expected run time sys_call_table: 0xffff91fcbdeeabe8
Boot 2:
[ 140.689652] [lkm] lkm_init: System.map system_wq: 0xffffffff821204b8
[ 140.993379] [lkm] lkm_init: System.map sys_call_table: 0xffffffff81c002a0
[ 140.993381] [lkm] lkm_init: Run time system_wq: 0xffff9a69be40ae00
[ 140.993382] [lkm] lkm_init: Expected run time sys_call_table: 0xffff9a69bdeeabe8
Boot 1:
[ 143.699539] [lkm] lkm_init: System.map system_wq: 0xffffffff821204b8
[ 144.002094] [lkm] lkm_init: System.map sys_call_table: 0xffffffff81c002a0
[ 144.002095] [lkm] lkm_init: Run time system_wq: 0xffff88803e40ae00
[ 144.002096] [lkm] lkm_init: Expected run time sys_call_table: 0xffff88803deeabe8
Boot 2:
[ 133.828917] [lkm] lkm_init: System.map system_wq: 0xffffffff821204b8
[ 134.132394] [lkm] lkm_init: System.map sys_call_table: 0xffffffff81c002a0
[ 134.132395] [lkm] lkm_init: Run time system_wq: 0xffff88803e40ae00
[ 134.132395] [lkm] lkm_init: Expected run time sys_call_table: 0xffff88803deeabe8
1. Why does the run time address of sys_call_table
match that of System.map (which i know because system calls were successfully hooked) when KASLR is disabled while that of system_wq
does not?
2. Why does the snippet fail to calculate the run time address of sys_call_table
whether or not KASLR is enabled?
3. If it is the case that the run time address of system_wq
will differ from that of System.map anyway, then what other exported symbols can be used to derive sys_call_table
?
Ian Abbott's comment solved my problem and made all questions obsolete. For clarification, my confusion was the fact that system_wq
is a simple pointer to struct workqueue_struct
, which made me think it already contained the address i wanted; I then thought I only had to cast it as I did with sys_call_table
, which is actually an array of pointers, making (unsigned long)sys_call_table
a correct address for sys_call_table
whereas (unsigned long)&system_wq
would be for system_wq
.