From 892ef86515fb642e2d2a8bae78e8a6dce9da6c7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dledda-r7 <diego_ledda@rapid7.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:28:47 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: remove in_memoryloader for ppc, ppc64le, ppce500v2 and
 armbe from erb file

---
 .../singles/linux/armbe/meterpreter_reverse_http.rb       | 6 ------
 .../singles/linux/armbe/meterpreter_reverse_https.rb      | 5 -----
 .../singles/linux/armbe/meterpreter_reverse_tcp.rb        | 5 -----
 tools/modules/meterpreter_reverse.erb                     | 8 +++-----
 4 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/payloads/singles/linux/armbe/meterpreter_reverse_http.rb b/modules/payloads/singles/linux/armbe/meterpreter_reverse_http.rb
index 1240b0c496..a2e8cea0e1 100644
--- a/modules/payloads/singles/linux/armbe/meterpreter_reverse_http.rb
+++ b/modules/payloads/singles/linux/armbe/meterpreter_reverse_http.rb
@@ -8,11 +8,9 @@
 module MetasploitModule
   CachedSize = 1106544
 
-
   include Msf::Payload::Single
   include Msf::Sessions::MeterpreterOptions::Linux
   include Msf::Sessions::MettleConfig
-  include Msf::Payload::Linux::Armbe::ElfLoader
   include Msf::Payload::Linux::Armbe::Prepends
 
   def initialize(info = {})
@@ -41,10 +39,6 @@ module MetasploitModule
       stageless: true
     }.merge(mettle_logging_config)
     payload = MetasploitPayloads::Mettle.new('armv5b-linux-musleabi', generate_config(opts)).to_binary :exec
-    ds = opts[:datastore] || datastore
-    if ds['PayloadLinuxMinKernel'] == '3.17'
-      return in_memory_load(payload) + payload
-    end
     payload
   end
 end
diff --git a/modules/payloads/singles/linux/armbe/meterpreter_reverse_https.rb b/modules/payloads/singles/linux/armbe/meterpreter_reverse_https.rb
index 8c7ffc6e67..0707fa7bc6 100644
--- a/modules/payloads/singles/linux/armbe/meterpreter_reverse_https.rb
+++ b/modules/payloads/singles/linux/armbe/meterpreter_reverse_https.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ module MetasploitModule
   include Msf::Payload::Single
   include Msf::Sessions::MeterpreterOptions::Linux
   include Msf::Sessions::MettleConfig
-  include Msf::Payload::Linux::Armbe::ElfLoader
   include Msf::Payload::Linux::Armbe::Prepends
 
   def initialize(info = {})
@@ -40,10 +39,6 @@ module MetasploitModule
       stageless: true
     }.merge(mettle_logging_config)
     payload = MetasploitPayloads::Mettle.new('armv5b-linux-musleabi', generate_config(opts)).to_binary :exec
-    ds = opts[:datastore] || datastore
-    if ds['PayloadLinuxMinKernel'] == '3.17'
-      return in_memory_load(payload) + payload
-    end
     payload
   end
 end
diff --git a/modules/payloads/singles/linux/armbe/meterpreter_reverse_tcp.rb b/modules/payloads/singles/linux/armbe/meterpreter_reverse_tcp.rb
index 4e5b9c0141..3ff4b15926 100644
--- a/modules/payloads/singles/linux/armbe/meterpreter_reverse_tcp.rb
+++ b/modules/payloads/singles/linux/armbe/meterpreter_reverse_tcp.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ module MetasploitModule
   include Msf::Payload::Single
   include Msf::Sessions::MeterpreterOptions::Linux
   include Msf::Sessions::MettleConfig
-  include Msf::Payload::Linux::Armbe::ElfLoader
   include Msf::Payload::Linux::Armbe::Prepends
 
   def initialize(info = {})
@@ -40,10 +39,6 @@ module MetasploitModule
       stageless: true
     }.merge(mettle_logging_config)
     payload = MetasploitPayloads::Mettle.new('armv5b-linux-musleabi', generate_config(opts)).to_binary :exec
-    ds = opts[:datastore] || datastore
-    if ds['PayloadLinuxMinKernel'] == '3.17'
-      return in_memory_load(payload) + payload
-    end
     payload
   end
 end
diff --git a/tools/modules/meterpreter_reverse.erb b/tools/modules/meterpreter_reverse.erb
index 05a48f7c85..1a277a714e 100644
--- a/tools/modules/meterpreter_reverse.erb
+++ b/tools/modules/meterpreter_reverse.erb
@@ -6,11 +6,10 @@
 
 # Module generated by tools/modules/generate_mettle_payloads.rb
 module MetasploitModule
-
   include Msf::Payload::Single
   include Msf::Sessions::MeterpreterOptions::<%= platform.split('_').each { |s| s.casecmp?('osx') ? 'OSX' : s.capitalize! }.join %>
   include Msf::Sessions::MettleConfig
-  <% if platform.downcase == 'linux' %>include Msf::Payload::Linux::<%= arch.capitalize %>::ElfLoader<% end %>
+  <% if platform.downcase == 'linux' && !['armbe', 'ppc64le', 'ppc', 'ppce500v2'].include?(arch.downcase) %>include Msf::Payload::Linux::<%= arch.capitalize %>::ElfLoader<% end %>
   <% if platform.downcase == 'linux' %>include Msf::Payload::Linux::<%= arch.capitalize %>::Prepends<% end %>
 
   def initialize(info = {})
@@ -39,12 +38,11 @@ module MetasploitModule
       stageless: true
     }.merge(mettle_logging_config)
     payload = MetasploitPayloads::Mettle.new('<%= payload %>', generate_config(opts)).to_binary :exec
-    <% if platform.downcase == 'linux' %>ds = opts[:datastore] || datastore
+    <% if platform.downcase == 'linux' && !['armbe', 'ppc64le', 'ppc', 'ppce500v2'].include?(arch.downcase) %>ds = opts[:datastore] || datastore
     if Rex::Version.new(ds['PayloadLinuxMinKernel']) < Rex::Version.new('3.17')
       return payload
     end
     in_memory_load(payload) + payload<% else %>
-    payload
-    <% end %>
+    payload<% end %>
   end
 end