Source: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=990
The following function (and variations on the same code)is used to write to
files from kernel code in various touchscreen drivers. This copy isfrom
RefCode_CustomerImplementation.c - I'm unsure which copy is actually being used
on the LG G4, but I can trigger the vulnerability. A function with the same
issues exists as"write_file"in several files.int _write_log(char *filename, char *data){
struct file*file;
loff_t pos =0;int flags;
char *fname ="/data/logger/touch_self_test.txt";
char *fname_normal_boot ="/sdcard/touch_self_test.txt";
char *fname_mfts_folder ="/data/logger/touch_self_test_mfts_folder.txt";
char *fname_mfts_flat ="/data/logger/touch_self_test_mfts_flat.txt";
char *fname_mfts_curved ="/data/logger/touch_self_test_mfts_curved.txt";int cap_file_exist =0;if(f54_window_crack || f54_window_crack_check_mode ==0){
mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();
set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
flags = O_WRONLY | O_CREAT;if(filename == NULL){
flags |= O_APPEND;
switch (mfts_mode){case0:if(factory_boot)
filename = fname;else
filename = fname_normal_boot;break;case1:
filename = fname_mfts_folder;break;case2:
filename = fname_mfts_flat;break;case3:
filename = fname_mfts_curved;break;
default:
TOUCH_I("%s : not support mfts_mode\n",
__func__);break;}}else{
cap_file_exist =1;}if(filename){file= filp_open(filename, flags,0666);
sys_chmod(filename,0666);}else{
TOUCH_E("%s : filename is NULL, can not open FILE\n",
__func__);return-1;}if(IS_ERR(file)){
TOUCH_I("%s : ERR(%ld)Open file error [%s]\n",
__func__, PTR_ERR(file), filename);
set_fs(old_fs);return PTR_ERR(file);}
vfs_write(file, data, strlen(data),&pos);
filp_close(file,0);
set_fs(old_fs);
log_file_size_check(filename);}return cap_file_exist;}int write_log(char *filename, char *data){return _write_log(filename, data);}
This code is setting KERNEL_DS,and there is a code-path in which it does not
restore USER_DS before returning (when mfts_mode is outside the range[0,3]and
the filename argument is NULL). This can be triggered by first writing to the
sysfs node /sys/devices/virtual/input/lge_touch/mfts and then reading from the
sysfs node /sys/devices/virtual/input/lge_touch/sd.(root needed to write to mfts node).
Once the kernel has returned control to userland with KERNEL_DS set, userland can simply read/write from arbitrary kernel addresses. See
attached for a working exploit for the LG G4, which when run as root will
disable selinux enforcement.
Proof of Concept:
https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/41353.zip