Rapid7

module

Linux Reboot

Disclosed
N/A
Created
Dec 10, 2025

Description

A very small shellcode for rebooting the system using
the reboot syscall. This payload is sometimes helpful
for testing purposes. Requires CAP_SYS_BOOT privileges.

Author

Platform

Linux

Architectures

loongarch64

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


msf > use payload/linux/loongarch64/reboot
msf payload(reboot) > show actions
...actions...
msf payload(reboot) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf payload(reboot) > show options
...show and set options...
msf payload(reboot) > run

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