feat(events): add stack_pivot event #4403
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Convert `check_syscall_source` to use this probe instead of having a dedicated probe. The attachment mechansim is also generic and supports the registration of future syscall checkers.
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Golang heaps can be determined by a pattern in the address, dictated by address hints supplied to mmap while allocating memory for them. Thread stacks can be identified by tracking the stack VMA for all newly created threads.
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This event detects usage of the stack pivot technique used during ROP exploits by checking the user's stack pointer at selected syscalls. If the stack pointer does not point to the stack, an event is triggered.
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Closes #4404
1. Explain what the PR does
Add
stack_pivotevent, which detects usage of the stack pivoting technique as part of a ROP exploit, by monitoring selected syscalls and verifying the location of the stack pointer.2. Explain how to test it
Run tracee as follows:
Compile and run the tester program:
After 15 seconds a stack pivot event should be triggered.
3. Other comments
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suspicious_syscall_source, this event makes use of event parameters to determine which syscalls should be monitored. The new probe group created forsuspicious_syscall_sourcewas made generic for "syscall checker" events, and each time a probe is triggered only the "checkers" which selected that syscall are run.