Add the psaux plugin for Linux command line argument listing

volatility3/framework/plugins/linux/psaux.py

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+# This file is Copyright 2022 Volatility Foundation and licensed under the Volatility Software License 1.0
+# which is available at https://www.volatilityfoundation.org/license/vsl-v1.0
+#
+
+from typing import Optional
+
+from volatility3.framework import symbols, exceptions, renderers, interfaces
+from volatility3.framework.objects import utility
+from volatility3.plugins.linux import pslist
+
+class PsAux(pslist.PsList):
+    """ Lists processes with their command line arguments """
+
+    def _get_command_line_args(self, task: interfaces.objects.ObjectInterface,
+                                    name: str) -> Optional[str]:
+        """
+        Reads the command line arguments of a process
+        These are stored on the userland stack
+        Kernel threads re-use the process data structure, but do not have a valid 'mm' pointer
+
+        Parameters:
+            task: task_struct object of the process
+            name: string name of the process (from task.comm)
+        """
+
+        # kernel theads never have an mm as they do not have userland mappings
+        try:
+            mm = task.mm
+        except exceptions.InvalidAddressException:
+            mm = None
+
+        if mm:
+            proc_layer_name = task.add_process_layer()
+            if proc_layer_name is None:
+                return renderers.UnreadableValue()
+
+            proc_layer = self.context.layers[proc_layer_name]
+
+            # read argv from userland
+            start = task.mm.arg_start
+
+            # get the size of the arguments with sanity checking
+            size_to_read = task.mm.arg_end - task.mm.arg_start
+            if size_to_read < 1 or size_to_read > 4096:
+                return renderers.UnreadableValue()
+
+            # attempt to read it all as partial values are invalid and misleading
+            try:
+                argv = proc_layer.read(start, size_to_read)
+            except exceptions.InvalidAddressException:
+                return renderers.UnreadableValue()
+
+            # the arguments are null byte terminated, replace the nulls with spaces
+            s = argv.decode().split('\x00')
+            args = " ".join(s)
+        else:
+            # kernel thread
+            # [ ] mimics ps on a live system
+            # also helps identify malware masquerading as a kernel thread, which is fairly common
+            args = "[" + name + "]"
+
+        # remove trailing space, if present
+        if len(args) > 1 and args[-1] == " ":
+            args = args[:-1]
+
+        return args
+
+    def _generator(self):
+        """ Generates a listing of processes along with command line arguments """
+
+        vmlinux = self.context.modules[self.config['kernel']]
+
+        # walk the process list and report the arguments
+        for task in self.list_tasks(self.context, vmlinux.name):
+            pid = task.pid
+
+            try:
+                ppid = task.parent.pid
+            except exceptions.InvalidAddressException:
+                ppid = 0
+
+            name = utility.array_to_string(task.comm)
+
+            args = self._get_command_line_args(task, name)
+
+            yield (0, (pid, ppid, name, args))
+
+    def run(self):
+        return renderers.TreeGrid([("PID", int), ("PPID", int), ("COMM", str), ("ARGS", str)], self._generator())
+