Mmap exec

This events is generated whenever the mmap syscall is used to map an executable file in memory, with memory execution protection.

info

This will event will catch only shared-objects loaded with the common loading process using mmap syscall. Any custom loader, especially the ones used to bypass such monitoring, will not generate such an event. Mprotect exec events might help you catching suspicious loaders.

{
  "data": {
    "command_line": "(rsyslogd)",
    "exe": "/lib/systemd/systemd",
    // information about mmapped executable
    "mapped": {
      // file being mmapped
      "file": "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss_systemd.so.2",
      // metadata
      "md5": "a551d4bc40075d43bcd62dfc3d0eb321",
      "sha1": "d929a47d74ef49e0f3a58681dea800f4bb9faac4",
      "sha256": "8d7a135968d451205575e2772e5025a3627dc06b68ea2b2f6d53b3975bc0f015",
      "sha512": "a7fd19c60db2cfc7bf46092aaf7c4ca6351e2720ea1291187b1e5e9b1dcf22e7b56e246ae4ae2d9eadd9ac9e409787cac91a536fdb0fe992d3de934417d6eec5",
      "size": 253944
    }
  },
  "info": {
    ...
    "event": {
        ...
        "id": 41,
        "name": "mmap_exec",
        ...
    },
    ...
  }
}