#!/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 ELF 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 `readelf` (for ELF) and `objdump` (for PE). ''' import subprocess import sys import os READELF_CMD = os.getenv('READELF', '/usr/bin/readelf') OBJDUMP_CMD = os.getenv('OBJDUMP', '/usr/bin/objdump') NONFATAL = {} # checks which are non-fatal for now but only generate a warning def check_ELF_PIE(executable): ''' Check for position independent executable (PIE), allowing for address space randomization. ''' p = subprocess.Popen([READELF_CMD, '-h', '-W', executable], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, universal_newlines=True) (stdout, stderr) = p.communicate() if p.returncode: raise IOError('Error opening file') ok = False for line in stdout.splitlines(): line = line.split() if len(line)>=2 and line[0] == 'Type:' and line[1] == 'DYN': ok = True return ok def get_ELF_program_headers(executable): '''Return type and flags for ELF program headers''' p = subprocess.Popen([READELF_CMD, '-l', '-W', executable], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, universal_newlines=True) (stdout, stderr) = p.communicate() if p.returncode: raise IOError('Error opening file') in_headers = False count = 0 headers = [] for line in stdout.splitlines(): if line.startswith('Program Headers:'): in_headers = True if line == '': in_headers = False if in_headers: if count == 1: # header line ofs_typ = line.find('Type') ofs_offset = line.find('Offset') ofs_flags = line.find('Flg') ofs_align = line.find('Align') if ofs_typ == -1 or ofs_offset == -1 or ofs_flags == -1 or ofs_align == -1: raise ValueError('Cannot parse elfread -lW output') elif count > 1: typ = line[ofs_typ:ofs_offset].rstrip() flags = line[ofs_flags:ofs_align].rstrip() headers.append((typ, flags)) count += 1 return headers def check_ELF_NX(executable): ''' Check that no sections are writable and executable (including the stack) ''' have_wx = False have_gnu_stack = False for (typ, flags) in get_ELF_program_headers(executable): if typ == 'GNU_STACK': have_gnu_stack = True if 'W' in flags and 'E' in flags: # section is both writable and executable have_wx = True return have_gnu_stack and not have_wx def check_ELF_RELRO(executable): ''' Check for read-only relocations. GNU_RELRO program header must exist Dynamic section must have BIND_NOW flag ''' have_gnu_relro = False for (typ, flags) in get_ELF_program_headers(executable): # Note: not checking flags == '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 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.binutils/71347 if typ == 'GNU_RELRO': have_gnu_relro = True have_bindnow = False p = subprocess.Popen([READELF_CMD, '-d', '-W', executable], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, universal_newlines=True) (stdout, stderr) = p.communicate() if p.returncode: raise IOError('Error opening file') for line in stdout.splitlines(): tokens = line.split() if len(tokens)>1 and tokens[1] == '(BIND_NOW)' or (len(tokens)>2 and tokens[1] == '(FLAGS)' and 'BIND_NOW' in tokens[2:]): have_bindnow = True return have_gnu_relro and have_bindnow def check_ELF_Canary(executable): ''' Check for use of stack canary ''' p = subprocess.Popen([READELF_CMD, '--dyn-syms', '-W', executable], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, universal_newlines=True) (stdout, stderr) = p.communicate() if p.returncode: raise IOError('Error opening file') ok = False for line in stdout.splitlines(): if '__stack_chk_fail' in line: ok = True return ok def get_PE_dll_characteristics(executable): ''' Get PE DllCharacteristics bits. Returns a tuple (arch,bits) where arch is 'i386:x86-64' or 'i386' and bits is the DllCharacteristics value. ''' p = subprocess.Popen([OBJDUMP_CMD, '-x', executable], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, universal_newlines=True) (stdout, stderr) = p.communicate() if p.returncode: raise IOError('Error opening file') arch = '' bits = 0 for line in stdout.splitlines(): tokens = line.split() if len(tokens)>=2 and tokens[0] == 'architecture:': arch = tokens[1].rstrip(',') if len(tokens)>=2 and tokens[0] == 'DllCharacteristics': bits = int(tokens[1],16) return (arch,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): '''PIE: DllCharacteristics bit 0x40 signifies dynamicbase (ASLR)''' (arch,bits) = get_PE_dll_characteristics(executable) reqbits = IMAGE_DLL_CHARACTERISTICS_DYNAMIC_BASE return (bits & reqbits) == reqbits # On 64 bit, 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): '''PIE: DllCharacteristics bit 0x20 signifies high-entropy ASLR''' (arch,bits) = get_PE_dll_characteristics(executable) if arch == 'i386:x86-64': reqbits = IMAGE_DLL_CHARACTERISTICS_HIGH_ENTROPY_VA else: # Unnecessary on 32-bit assert(arch == 'i386') reqbits = 0 return (bits & reqbits) == reqbits def check_PE_NX(executable): '''NX: DllCharacteristics bit 0x100 signifies nxcompat (DEP)''' (arch,bits) = get_PE_dll_characteristics(executable) return (bits & IMAGE_DLL_CHARACTERISTICS_NX_COMPAT) == IMAGE_DLL_CHARACTERISTICS_NX_COMPAT CHECKS = { 'ELF': [ ('PIE', check_ELF_PIE), ('NX', check_ELF_NX), ('RELRO', check_ELF_RELRO), ('Canary', check_ELF_Canary) ], 'PE': [ ('DYNAMIC_BASE', check_PE_DYNAMIC_BASE), ('HIGH_ENTROPY_VA', check_PE_HIGH_ENTROPY_VA), ('NX', check_PE_NX) ] } def identify_executable(executable): with open(filename, 'rb') as f: magic = f.read(4) if magic.startswith(b'MZ'): return 'PE' elif magic.startswith(b'\x7fELF'): return 'ELF' 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 = [] warning = [] for (name, func) in CHECKS[etype]: if not func(filename): if name in NONFATAL: warning.append(name) else: failed.append(name) if failed: print('%s: failed %s' % (filename, ' '.join(failed))) retval = 1 if warning: print('%s: warning %s' % (filename, ' '.join(warning))) except IOError: print('%s: cannot open' % filename) retval = 1 sys.exit(retval)