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Date:      Thu, 27 Apr 2006 23:43:26 GMT
From:      Peter <pb@ludd.luth.se>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   kern/96438: Executeing a linux binary within jail causes reboot.
Message-ID:  <200604272343.k3RNhQQS082705@www.freebsd.org>
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>Number:         96438
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       Executeing a linux binary within jail causes reboot.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Apr 27 23:50:19 GMT 2006
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Peter
>Release:        6.0-RELEASE #0
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD f6.my.domain 6.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #0: Thu Nov  3 09:36:13 UTC 2005     root@x64.samsco.home:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386

>Description:
Launching a linux binary like tcsh as the initial command from jail(8) seem to
cause system reboot.
Second occurence is that in some circumstances _within_ jail(8) executeing linux binary cause the system to reboot in the same way.
Because the machine in question is a remote. I have not watched console while this happends.

I suspect this bug could be exploited to take over the system or DoS it.

Linux binary:
bin/tcsh: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.2.0, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped

Dmesg excerpt:
FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #0: Thu Nov  3 09:36:13 UTC 2005
    root@x64.samsco.home:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: Pentium Pro (199.74-MHz 686-class CPU)
  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x617  Stepping = 7
  Features=0xf9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV>
real memory  = 83881984 (79 MB)
avail memory = 72499200 (69 MB)
npx0: [FAST]
npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
npx0: INT 16 interface
cpu0 on motherboard

Will add to PR when I know more. Hopefully this issue will be remedied in 6.1

>How-To-Repeat:
Setup jail(8), use a linux binary as "init".

The second occourence is proberbly when I put linux system files. And then chroot to it within jail.


>Fix:
Be careful about linux binaries within jail(8).
Don't trust jail(8) security too much.


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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