Linux Russian Roulette

July 13, 2025 ยท View on GitHub

Take a random PoC from syzbot and run it on your system for maximum fun!

Also known as crash-all-the-things.py

How it works

  1. Download a testcase from syzbot (basically, 0-days)
  2. Compile it
  3. (Optional) run it

What it does

  • Crash your machines
  • Crash your VMs
  • Crash your machines from your VMs
  • Crash a system from docker

Warning

Don't run this. Your are basically throwing random DoS exploits to your kernel. Typically, a kernel does not like that.

I repeat, do not run this.

Usage

To just compile random C testcases:

./linux-russian-roulette.py

If you are crazy enough to actually run the programs:

./linux-russian-roulette.py whatever

Now with Docker!

For even more dangerous fun, you can run this in a Docker container!

# Build the container
docker compose build

# Run compilation only (safer, non-privileged)
docker compose run roulette

# Run with execution (requires privileged mode - EXTREMELY DANGEROUS)
ROULETTE_PRIVILEGED=true docker compose run roulette python3 linux-russian-roulette.py go

The ROULETTE_PRIVILEGED=true flag enables privileged mode, which gives the container full access to your host system.

Why

  • Why not?
  • Annoy CTF organizers
  • Annoy your cloud provider
  • Be arrested