#!/usr/bin/env python3 # Copyright (c) 2015-2016 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. Needs `objdump` (for PE) and `otool` (for MACHO). ''' import subprocess import sys import os from typing import List, Optional import pixie OBJDUMP_CMD = os.getenv('OBJDUMP', '/usr/bin/objdump') OTOOL_CMD = os.getenv('OTOOL', '/usr/bin/otool') def run_command(command) -> str: p = subprocess.run(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, check=True, universal_newlines=True) return p.stdout 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 get_PE_dll_characteristics(executable) -> int: '''Get PE DllCharacteristics bits''' stdout = run_command([OBJDUMP_CMD, '-x', executable]) bits = 0 for line in stdout.splitlines(): tokens = line.split() if len(tokens)>=2 and tokens[0] == 'DllCharacteristics': bits = int(tokens[1],16) return bits IMAGE_DLL_CHARACTERISTICS_HIGH_ENTROPY_VA = 0x0020 IMAGE_DLL_CHARACTERISTICS_DYNAMIC_BASE = 0x0040 IMAGE_DLL_CHARACTERISTICS_NX_COMPAT = 0x0100 def check_PE_DYNAMIC_BASE(executable) -> bool: '''PIE: DllCharacteristics bit 0x40 signifies dynamicbase (ASLR)''' bits = get_PE_dll_characteristics(executable) return (bits & IMAGE_DLL_CHARACTERISTICS_DYNAMIC_BASE) == IMAGE_DLL_CHARACTERISTICS_DYNAMIC_BASE # 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''' bits = get_PE_dll_characteristics(executable) return (bits & IMAGE_DLL_CHARACTERISTICS_HIGH_ENTROPY_VA) == IMAGE_DLL_CHARACTERISTICS_HIGH_ENTROPY_VA def check_PE_RELOC_SECTION(executable) -> bool: '''Check for a reloc section. This is required for functional ASLR.''' stdout = run_command([OBJDUMP_CMD, '-h', executable]) for line in stdout.splitlines(): if '.reloc' in line: return True return False def check_PE_NX(executable) -> bool: '''NX: DllCharacteristics bit 0x100 signifies nxcompat (DEP)''' bits = get_PE_dll_characteristics(executable) return (bits & IMAGE_DLL_CHARACTERISTICS_NX_COMPAT) == IMAGE_DLL_CHARACTERISTICS_NX_COMPAT def get_MACHO_executable_flags(executable) -> List[str]: stdout = run_command([OTOOL_CMD, '-vh', executable]) flags: List[str] = [] for line in stdout.splitlines(): tokens = line.split() # filter first two header lines if 'magic' in tokens or 'Mach' in tokens: continue # filter ncmds and sizeofcmds values flags += [t for t in tokens if not t.isdigit()] return flags def check_MACHO_PIE(executable) -> bool: ''' Check for position independent executable (PIE), allowing for address space randomization. ''' flags = get_MACHO_executable_flags(executable) if 'PIE' in flags: return True return False def check_MACHO_NOUNDEFS(executable) -> bool: ''' Check for no undefined references. ''' flags = get_MACHO_executable_flags(executable) if 'NOUNDEFS' in flags: return True return False def check_MACHO_NX(executable) -> bool: ''' Check for no stack execution ''' flags = get_MACHO_executable_flags(executable) if 'ALLOW_STACK_EXECUTION' in flags: return False return True def check_MACHO_LAZY_BINDINGS(executable) -> bool: ''' Check for no lazy bindings. We don't use or check for MH_BINDATLOAD. See #18295. ''' stdout = run_command([OTOOL_CMD, '-l', executable]) for line in stdout.splitlines(): tokens = line.split() if 'lazy_bind_off' in tokens or 'lazy_bind_size' in tokens: if tokens[1] != '0': return False return True def check_MACHO_Canary(executable) -> bool: ''' Check for use of stack canary ''' stdout = run_command([OTOOL_CMD, '-Iv', executable]) ok = False for line in stdout.splitlines(): if '___stack_chk_fail' in line: ok = True return ok 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': [ ('DYNAMIC_BASE', check_PE_DYNAMIC_BASE), ('HIGH_ENTROPY_VA', check_PE_HIGH_ENTROPY_VA), ('NX', check_PE_NX), ('RELOC_SECTION', check_PE_RELOC_SECTION) ], 'MACHO': [ ('PIE', check_MACHO_PIE), ('NOUNDEFS', check_MACHO_NOUNDEFS), ('NX', check_MACHO_NX), ('LAZY_BINDINGS', check_MACHO_LAZY_BINDINGS), ('Canary', check_MACHO_Canary) ] } 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 = 0 for filename in sys.argv[1:]: try: etype = identify_executable(filename) if etype is None: print('%s: unknown format' % filename) retval = 1 continue failed = [] for (name, func) in CHECKS[etype]: if not func(filename): failed.append(name) if failed: print('%s: failed %s' % (filename, ' '.join(failed))) retval = 1 except IOError: print('%s: cannot open' % filename) retval = 1 sys.exit(retval)