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Trick & Treat! đ Paying Leets and Sweets for Linux Kernel privescs and k8s escapes
1. November 2021
Posted by Eduardo Vela, Google Bug Hunters Team
Starting today and for the next 3 months (until January 31 2022), we will pay 31,337 USD to security researchers that exploit privilege escalation in our lab environment with a patched vulnerability, and 50,337 USD to those that use a previously unpatched vulnerability, or a new exploit technique.
We are constantly investing in the security of the Linux Kernel because much of the internet, and Google—from the devices in our pockets, to the services running on
Kubernetes
in the cloud—depend on the security of it. We
research its vulnerabilities and attacks
, as well as
study and develop its defenses
.
But we know that there is more work to do. That’s why we have decided to build on top of our
kCTF VRP
from last year and triple our previous reward amounts (for at least the next 3 months).
Our base rewards for each publicly patched vulnerability is 31,337 USD (at most one exploit per vulnerability), but the reward can go up to 50,337 USD in two cases:
If the vulnerability was otherwise unpatched in the Kernel (0day)
If the exploit uses a new attack or technique, as determined by Google
We hope the new rewards will encourage the security community to explore new Kernel exploitation techniques to achieve privilege escalation and drive quicker fixes for these vulnerabilities. It is important to note, that the easiest exploitation primitives are not available in our lab environment due to the hardening done on
Container-Optimized OS
. Note this program complements Android's VRP rewards, so exploits that work on Android could also be eligible for up to
250,000 USD
(that's in addition to this program).
The mechanics are:
Connect to the
kCTF VRP cluster
, obtain root and read the flag (read
this writeup
for how it was done before, and
this threat model
for inspiration), and then submit your flag and a checksum of your exploit
in this form
.
(If applicable) report vulnerabilities to
upstream
.
We strongly recommend including a patch since that could qualify for an
additional reward
from our Patch Reward Program, but please report vulnerabilities upstream promptly once you confirm they are exploitable.
Report your finding
to Google VRP once all patches are publicly available (we don't want to receive details of unpatched vulnerabilities ahead of the public.)
Provide the exploit code and the algorithm used to calculate the hash checksum.
A rough description of the exploit strategy is welcome.
Reports will be triaged on a weekly basis. If anyone has problems with the lab environment (if it's unavailable, technical issues or other questions), contact us on Discord in
#kctf
. You can read more details about the program
here
. Happy hunting!
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