afl-persistent-config Linux support + documentation

GNUmakefile

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ VERSION     = $(shell grep '^$(HASH)define VERSION ' ../config.h | cut -d '"' -f
 # PROGS intentionally omit afl-as, which gets installed elsewhere.
 
 PROGS       = afl-fuzz afl-showmap afl-tmin afl-gotcpu afl-analyze
-SH_PROGS    = afl-plot afl-cmin afl-cmin.bash afl-whatsup afl-system-config
+SH_PROGS    = afl-plot afl-cmin afl-cmin.bash afl-whatsup afl-system-config afl-persistent-config
 MANPAGES=$(foreach p, $(PROGS) $(SH_PROGS), $(p).8) afl-as.8
 ASAN_OPTIONS=detect_leaks=0
 

README.md

@@ -623,6 +623,13 @@ system for optimal speed - which afl-fuzz checks and bails otherwise.
 Set `export AFL_SKIP_CPUFREQ=1` for afl-fuzz to skip this check if you cannot
 run afl-system-config with root privileges on the host for whatever reason.
 
+Note there is also `sudo afl-persistent-config` which sets additional permanent
+boot options for a much better fuzzing performance.
+
+Note that both scripts improve your fuzzing performance but also decrease your
+system protection against attacks! So set strong firewall rules and only
+expose SSH as a network service if you use these (which is highly recommended).
+
 If you have an input corpus from step 2 then specify this directory with the `-i`
 option. Otherwise create a new directory and create a file with any content
 as test data in there.

afl-persistent-config

@@ -2,30 +2,56 @@
 # written by jhertz
 # 
 
-PLATFORM=`uname -s`
+test "$1" = "-h" -o "$1" = "-hh" && {
+  echo 'afl-persistent-config'
+  echo
+  echo $0
+  echo
+  echo afl-persistent-config has no command line options
+  echo
+  echo afl-persistent-config permanently reconfigures the system to a high performance fuzzing state.
+  echo "WARNING: this reduces the security of the system!"
+  echo
+  echo Note that there is also afl-system-config which sets additional runtime
+  echo configuration options.
+  exit 0
+}
 
-
+echo
-# check that we're on Mac
+echo "WARNING: This scripts makes permanent configuration changes to the system to"
-if [[ ! "$PLATFORM" = "Darwin" ]] ; then
+echo "         increase the performance for fuzzing. As a result, the system also"
-   echo "This script is for Mac OS"
+echo "         becomes less secure against attacks! If you use this script, setup"
+echo "         strong firewall rules and only make SSH available as a network"
+echo "         service!"
+echo
+echo -n "Type \"YES\" to continue: "
+read ANSWER
+if [[ "$ANSWER" != "YES" ]]; then
+  echo Input was not YES, aborting ...
   exit 1
 fi
 
+echo
+PLATFORM=`uname -s`
+
+# check that we're on Mac
+if [[ "$PLATFORM" = "Darwin" ]] ; then
+
   # check if UID == 0
-if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
+  if [[ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]]; then
-   echo "You really should be root to do this"
+    echo "You need to be root to do this. E.g. use \"sudo\""
     exit 1
   fi
 
   # check if SIP is disabled
   if [[ ! $(csrutil status | grep "disabled") ]]; then
-   echo "SIP needs to be disabled"
+    echo "SIP needs to be disabled. Restart and press Command-R at reboot, Utilities => Terminal => enter \"csrutil disable\""
     exit 1
   fi
 
-echo "Okay cool, checks passed"
+  echo "Checks passed."
 
-echo "Installing plist"
+  echo "Installing /Library/LaunchDaemons/shm_setup.plist"
 
   cat << EOF > /Library/LaunchDaemons/shm_setup.plist
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
@@ -55,5 +81,52 @@ cat << EOF > /Library/LaunchDaemons/shm_setup.plist
 </plist>
 EOF
 
+  echo
   echo "Reboot and enjoy your fuzzing"
+  exit 0
+fi
 
+if [[ "$PLATFORM" = "Linux" ]] ; then
+
+  # check if UID == 0
+  if [[ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]]; then
+    echo "You need to be root to do this. E.g. use \"sudo\""
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  echo "Checks passed."
+
+  test -d /etc/sysctl.d || echo Error: /etc/sysctl.d directory not found, cannot install shmem config
+  test -d /etc/sysctl.d -a '!' -e /etc/sysctl.d/99-fuzzing && {
+    echo "Installing /etc/sysctl.d/99-fuzzing"
+    cat << EOF > /etc/sysctl.d/99-fuzzing
+kernel.core_uses_pid=0
+kernel.core_pattern=core
+kernel.randomize_va_space=0
+kernel.sched_child_runs_first=1
+kernel.sched_autogroup_enabled=1
+kernel.sched_migration_cost_ns=50000000
+kernel.sched_latency_ns=250000000
+EOF
+  }
+
+  egrep -q '^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=' /etc/default/grub 2>/dev/null || echo Error: /etc/default/grub with GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT is not present, cannot set boot options
+  egrep -q '^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=' /etc/default/grub 2>/dev/null && {
+    egrep '^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=' /etc/default/grub | egrep -q hardened_usercopy=off || {
+      echo "Configuring performance boot options"
+      LINE=`egrep '^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=' /etc/default/grub | sed 's/^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=//' | tr -d '"'`
+      OPTIONS="$LINE ibpb=off ibrs=off kpti=off l1tf=off mds=off mitigations=off no_stf_barrier noibpb noibrs nopcid nopti nospec_store_bypass_disable nospectre_v1 nospectre_v2 pcid=off pti=off spec_store_bypass_disable=off spectre_v2=off stf_barrier=off srbds=off noexec=off noexec32=off tsx=on tsx=on tsx_async_abort=off mitigations=off audit=0 hardened_usercopy=off ssbd=force-off"
+      echo Setting boot options in /etc/default/grub to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=\"$OPTIONS\"
+      sed -i "s|^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=.*|GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=\"$OPTIONS\"|" /etc/default/grub
+    }
+  }
+
+  echo
+  echo "Reboot and enjoy your fuzzing"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+
+
+echo "Error: Unknown platform \"$PLATFORM\", currently supported are Linux and MacOS."
+exit 1

afl-system-config

@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ test "$1" = "-h" -o "$1" = "-hh" && {
   echo
   echo afl-system-config has no command line options
   echo
-  echo afl-system reconfigures the system to a high performance fuzzing state
+  echo afl-system-config reconfigures the system to a high performance fuzzing state.
   echo "WARNING: this reduces the security of the system!"
   echo
-  exit 1
+  echo Note that there is also afl-persistent-config which sets additional permanent
+  echo configuration options.
+  exit 0
 }
 
 DONE=

docs/Changelog.md

@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ sending a mail to <afl-users+subscribe@googlegroups.com>.
     custom_mutators
   - added optimin, a faster and better corpus minimizer by
     Adrian Herrera. Thank you!
+  - added afl-persistent-config script to set perform permanent system
+    configuration setting for fuzzing, for Linux and Macos.
+    thanks to jhertz!
 
 
 ### Version ++3.14c (release)

docs/perf_tips.md

@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ spectre_v2=off stf_barrier=off
 ```
     In most Linux distributions you can put this into a `/etc/default/grub`
     variable.
+    You can use `sudo afl-persistent-config` to set these options for you.
 
 The following list of changes are made when executing `afl-system-config`: