#!/usr/bin/env python3 # Copyright (c) 2015-2020 The Bitcoin Core developers # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying # file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php. ''' Perform basic security checks on a series of executables. Exit status will be 0 if successful, and the program will be silent. Otherwise the exit status will be 1 and it will log which executables failed which checks. ''' import sys from typing import List, Optional import lief import pixie def check_ELF_PIE(executable) -> bool: ''' Check for position independent executable (PIE), allowing for address space randomization. ''' elf = pixie.load(executable) return elf.hdr.e_type == pixie.ET_DYN def check_ELF_NX(executable) -> bool: ''' Check that no sections are writable and executable (including the stack) ''' elf = pixie.load(executable) have_wx = False have_gnu_stack = False for ph in elf.program_headers: if ph.p_type == pixie.PT_GNU_STACK: have_gnu_stack = True if (ph.p_flags & pixie.PF_W) != 0 and (ph.p_flags & pixie.PF_X) != 0: # section is both writable and executable have_wx = True return have_gnu_stack and not have_wx def check_ELF_RELRO(executable) -> bool: ''' Check for read-only relocations. GNU_RELRO program header must exist Dynamic section must have BIND_NOW flag ''' elf = pixie.load(executable) have_gnu_relro = False for ph in elf.program_headers: # Note: not checking p_flags == PF_R: here as linkers set the permission differently # This does not affect security: the permission flags of the GNU_RELRO program # header are ignored, the PT_LOAD header determines the effective permissions. # However, the dynamic linker need to write to this area so these are RW. # Glibc itself takes care of mprotecting this area R after relocations are finished. # See also https://marc.info/?l=binutils&m=1498883354122353 if ph.p_type == pixie.PT_GNU_RELRO: have_gnu_relro = True have_bindnow = False for flags in elf.query_dyn_tags(pixie.DT_FLAGS): assert isinstance(flags, int) if flags & pixie.DF_BIND_NOW: have_bindnow = True return have_gnu_relro and have_bindnow def check_ELF_Canary(executable) -> bool: ''' Check for use of stack canary ''' elf = pixie.load(executable) ok = False for symbol in elf.dyn_symbols: if symbol.name == b'__stack_chk_fail': ok = True return ok def check_ELF_separate_code(executable): ''' Check that sections are appropriately separated in virtual memory, based on their permissions. This checks for missing -Wl,-z,separate-code and potentially other problems. ''' elf = pixie.load(executable) R = pixie.PF_R W = pixie.PF_W E = pixie.PF_X EXPECTED_FLAGS = { # Read + execute b'.init': R | E, b'.plt': R | E, b'.plt.got': R | E, b'.plt.sec': R | E, b'.text': R | E, b'.fini': R | E, # Read-only data b'.interp': R, b'.note.gnu.property': R, b'.note.gnu.build-id': R, b'.note.ABI-tag': R, b'.gnu.hash': R, b'.dynsym': R, b'.dynstr': R, b'.gnu.version': R, b'.gnu.version_r': R, b'.rela.dyn': R, b'.rela.plt': R, b'.rodata': R, b'.eh_frame_hdr': R, b'.eh_frame': R, b'.qtmetadata': R, b'.gcc_except_table': R, b'.stapsdt.base': R, # Writable data b'.init_array': R | W, b'.fini_array': R | W, b'.dynamic': R | W, b'.got': R | W, b'.data': R | W, b'.bss': R | W, } if elf.hdr.e_machine == pixie.EM_PPC64: # .plt is RW on ppc64 even with separate-code EXPECTED_FLAGS[b'.plt'] = R | W # For all LOAD program headers get mapping to the list of sections, # and for each section, remember the flags of the associated program header. flags_per_section = {} for ph in elf.program_headers: if ph.p_type == pixie.PT_LOAD: for section in ph.sections: assert(section.name not in flags_per_section) flags_per_section[section.name] = ph.p_flags # Spot-check ELF LOAD program header flags per section # If these sections exist, check them against the expected R/W/E flags for (section, flags) in flags_per_section.items(): if section in EXPECTED_FLAGS: if EXPECTED_FLAGS[section] != flags: return False return True def check_PE_DYNAMIC_BASE(executable) -> bool: '''PIE: DllCharacteristics bit 0x40 signifies dynamicbase (ASLR)''' binary = lief.parse(executable) return lief.PE.DLL_CHARACTERISTICS.DYNAMIC_BASE in binary.optional_header.dll_characteristics_lists # Must support high-entropy 64-bit address space layout randomization # in addition to DYNAMIC_BASE to have secure ASLR. def check_PE_HIGH_ENTROPY_VA(executable) -> bool: '''PIE: DllCharacteristics bit 0x20 signifies high-entropy ASLR''' binary = lief.parse(executable) return lief.PE.DLL_CHARACTERISTICS.HIGH_ENTROPY_VA in binary.optional_header.dll_characteristics_lists def check_PE_RELOC_SECTION(executable) -> bool: '''Check for a reloc section. This is required for functional ASLR.''' binary = lief.parse(executable) return binary.has_relocations def check_MACHO_NOUNDEFS(executable) -> bool: ''' Check for no undefined references. ''' binary = lief.parse(executable) return binary.header.has(lief.MachO.HEADER_FLAGS.NOUNDEFS) def check_MACHO_LAZY_BINDINGS(executable) -> bool: ''' Check for no lazy bindings. We don't use or check for MH_BINDATLOAD. See #18295. ''' binary = lief.parse(executable) return binary.dyld_info.lazy_bind == (0,0) def check_MACHO_Canary(executable) -> bool: ''' Check for use of stack canary ''' binary = lief.parse(executable) return binary.has_symbol('___stack_chk_fail') def check_PIE(executable) -> bool: ''' Check for position independent executable (PIE), allowing for address space randomization. ''' binary = lief.parse(executable) return binary.is_pie def check_NX(executable) -> bool: ''' Check for no stack execution ''' binary = lief.parse(executable) return binary.has_nx def check_control_flow(executable) -> bool: ''' Check for control flow instrumentation ''' binary = lief.parse(executable) content = binary.get_content_from_virtual_address(binary.entrypoint, 4, lief.Binary.VA_TYPES.AUTO) if content == [243, 15, 30, 250]: # endbr64 return True return False CHECKS = { 'ELF': [ ('PIE', check_ELF_PIE), ('NX', check_ELF_NX), ('RELRO', check_ELF_RELRO), ('Canary', check_ELF_Canary), ('separate_code', check_ELF_separate_code), ], 'PE': [ ('PIE', check_PIE), ('DYNAMIC_BASE', check_PE_DYNAMIC_BASE), ('HIGH_ENTROPY_VA', check_PE_HIGH_ENTROPY_VA), ('NX', check_NX), ('RELOC_SECTION', check_PE_RELOC_SECTION) ], 'MACHO': [ ('PIE', check_PIE), ('NOUNDEFS', check_MACHO_NOUNDEFS), ('NX', check_NX), ('LAZY_BINDINGS', check_MACHO_LAZY_BINDINGS), ('Canary', check_MACHO_Canary), ('CONTROL_FLOW', check_control_flow), ] } def identify_executable(executable) -> Optional[str]: with open(filename, 'rb') as f: magic = f.read(4) if magic.startswith(b'MZ'): return 'PE' elif magic.startswith(b'\x7fELF'): return 'ELF' elif magic.startswith(b'\xcf\xfa'): return 'MACHO' return None if __name__ == '__main__': retval: int = 0 for filename in sys.argv[1:]: try: etype = identify_executable(filename) if etype is None: print(f'{filename}: unknown format') retval = 1 continue failed: List[str] = [] for (name, func) in CHECKS[etype]: if not func(filename): failed.append(name) if failed: print(f'{filename}: failed {" ".join(failed)}') retval = 1 except IOError: print(f'{filename}: cannot open') retval = 1 sys.exit(retval)