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0003084Kali LinuxGeneral Bugpublic2016-02-20 04:142025-07-14 09:38
Reportercruxpot Assigned Todookie  
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilitysometimes
Status closedResolutionno change required 
Product Version2016.1 
Summary0003084: Cobalt strike 3.1 crashes xorg on kali rolling
Description

I am able to consistently crash the trial version of Cobalt Strike 3.1 over and over. When I load cobalt strike and click on menu items such as Listeners and the Add button, it will crash X to a black screen. If GDM is loaded, it basically crashes to the point of unusability and requires hard reset. If i start xorg with startx then it will crash to a shell although the shell will be screwed up on that console.

There have been times where it did not crash, but most of the time, it crashes. It is a blocker for me and I hope it can be patched.

Steps To Reproduce

1) update to latest packages in 2016.1
2) startx
3) run team server
4) run cobalt strike
5) click Listeners and Add button
6) Black screen

Also noticed that on subsequent reboots after the crash, sometimes my wlan0 interface (managed by network-manager) will not get an IP. Don't know if it's related but noticed this problem. I have an MSI GE60 2PC laptop.

Additional Information

X.Org X Server 1.18.1
Release Date: 2016-02-08
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian
Current Operating System: Linux uhtred 4.3.0-kali1-amd64 0000001 SMP Debian 4.3.5-1kali1 (2016-02-11) x86_64
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.3.0-kali1-amd64 root=UUID=0ad67593-9970-4bec-b749-390c40bb61fc ro
Build Date: 09 February 2016 11:06:03AM
xorg-server 2:1.18.1-1 (http://www.debian.org/support)
Current version of pixman: 0.33.6
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, () from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Feb 19 22:00:02 2016
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
** Error in `/usr/lib/xorg/Xorg': malloc(): memory corruption: 0x000055e40102f420 xinit: connection to X server lost

Activities

cruxpot

cruxpot

2016-02-20 22:43

reporter   ~0004746

A solution is to install openjdk-1.8 and running:
sudo update-alternatives --config java

The issue is java openjdk 1.7 causes these memory errors in xorg and it's the default java.
dookie

dookie

2016-07-05 17:32

reporter   ~0005462

Kali Linux does not package Cobalt Strike. This should be reported to upstream.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2016-02-20 04:14 cruxpot New Issue
2016-02-20 22:43 cruxpot Note Added: 0004746
2016-07-05 17:32 dookie Note Added: 0005462
2016-07-05 17:32 dookie Status new => closed
2016-07-05 17:32 dookie Assigned To => dookie
2016-07-05 17:32 dookie Resolution open => no change required
2025-07-14 09:36 g0tmi1k Priority high => normal
2025-07-14 09:38 g0tmi1k Severity crash => minor