GiveMeRoot

Kernel module to set root privileges to any given process (suid = uid = fsuid = euid = 0)

Dependencies

In order to compile the kernel module you should have the latest version of your Linux kernel headers.

On Ubuntu/Debian you can install them using:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

Installation and use

• Compile givemeroot module

    $ make
  

• Find the pid of the process you want to give root privileges

    $ ps aux | grep vim
    myuser  5166  1.3  0.1 249988 10980 pts/12   Sl+  15:15   0:00 vim
  

• Insert the module into the kernel with pid parameter

    $ insmod givemeroot.ko pid=5166
  

Unload kernel module

$ rmmod givemeroot