afl-transmit/watchdog/watchdog.go

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Go

package watchdog
import (
"flag"
"fmt"
"github.com/maride/afl-transmit/logistic"
"github.com/maride/afl-transmit/net"
"io/ioutil"
"log"
"os"
"time"
)
var (
rescan int
isMainNode bool
)
// RegisterWatchdogFlags registers required flags for the watchdog
func RegisterWatchdogFlags() {
flag.IntVar(&rescan, "rescan", 30, "Minutes to wait before rescanning local fuzzer directories")
flag.BoolVar(&isMainNode, "main", false, "Set this option if this afl-transmit instance is running on the node running the main afl-fuzz instance")
}
// Watch over the specified directory, send updates to peers and re-scan after the specified amount of seconds
func WatchFuzzers(outputDirectory string) {
// Loop forever
for {
// Pack important parts of the fuzzers into an archive
packedFuzzers, packerErr := logistic.PackFuzzers(getTargetFuzzer(outputDirectory), outputDirectory)
if packerErr != nil {
log.Printf("Failed to pack fuzzer: %s", packerErr)
continue
}
// and send it to our peers
go net.SendToPeers(packedFuzzers)
// Sleep a bit
time.Sleep(time.Duration(rescan) * time.Minute)
}
}
// Searches in the specified output directory for fuzzers which we want to pack.
// Identifying the main fuzzer is done by searching for the file "is_main_node"
// This relies on the "election process" done by secondary fuzzers if they don't find a local main node.
// If that is detected, a secondary fuzzer becomes the main node in terms of syncing. That means we need to focus on
// the main node even if there is no real main node running locally.
// However it is important to avoid transmitting the is_main_node file - else, the secondaries will think that there is
// a main node running locally. Skipping the is_main_node file means the other fuzzers (and especially the elected main
// fuzzer) detect the transmitted fuzzer as a normal (and dead) secondary. ... blabla
//
// (see AFLplusplus/src/afl-fuzz.run.c:542)
func getTargetFuzzer(outputDirectory string) []string {
// find main fuzzer directory - its the only one required by the secondaries
// List files (read: fuzzers) in output directory
filesInDir, readErr := ioutil.ReadDir(outputDirectory)
if readErr != nil {
log.Printf("Failed to list directory content of %s: %s", outputDirectory, readErr)
return nil
}
for _, f := range filesInDir {
// Get stat for maybe-existent file
mainnodePath := fmt.Sprintf("%s%c%s%cis_main_node", outputDirectory, os.PathSeparator, f.Name(), os.PathSeparator)
_, statErr := os.Stat(mainnodePath)
if os.IsNotExist(statErr) {
// File does not exist. Not the ~~chosen one~~ main fuzzer. Next.
continue
} else if statErr != nil {
// An error occurred. File is maybe in a Schrödinger state.
log.Printf("Unable to stat file %s: %s", mainnodePath, statErr)
continue
}
// is_main_node file exists, so we found the correct fuzzer directory - return it
fullPath := fmt.Sprintf("%s%c%s", outputDirectory, os.PathSeparator, f.Name())
return []string{
fullPath,
}
}
// Failed to find the main node - probably we are in --main mode by accident
log.Printf("Unable to find main node in %s - sure afl-transmit should run in --main mode?", outputDirectory)
return nil
}