README.md

redis-inject

Inject C code and access redisServer object from running redis instance via GDB

How does this work?

We retrieve the address of the main object symbol from redis via gdb. We then compile a binary which refers to symbols, but is not linked to, the original redis-server binary. We then connect to the running binary via gdb again, and dlopen() the binary, which contains a constructor-tagged (using __attribute__((constructor)) ) function, and is so called immediately

Why?

We needed access to pubsub channel information, and we weren't running 2.8

How to run

bash redis_murder.sh

Example run

$ bash redis_murder.sh
### Retrieving redis '2.4.16'
fatal: destination path 'redis' already exists and is not an empty directory.
~/redis_inject/redis ~/redis_inject
HEAD is now at 2a18c2c... Redis 2.4.16
~/redis_inject
### Getting Address
*Address: '0x106b2fdd8'
### Compiling Injection 'redis_murder_1384255605'
### Injecting Code

From redis

[12514] 12 Nov 11:26:44 - 0 clients connected (0 slaves), 922368 bytes in use
Injection successful!
Injected into Redis: Address: 106b2fdd8
Injected into Redis: Port: 6379
Injected into Redis: Channels: 0
[12514] 12 Nov 11:26:49 - 0 clients connected (0 slaves), 922368 bytes in use