From 91d04ad62d5272dd0e0e76af80e86ef912a3f643 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Holger Weiss Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 21:47:10 +0200 Subject: Add Gnulib module "idpriv-droptemp" --- gl/Makefile.am | 10 ++- gl/idpriv-droptemp.c | 204 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ gl/idpriv.h | 116 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ gl/m4/gnulib-cache.m4 | 3 +- gl/m4/gnulib-comp.m4 | 9 ++- gl/m4/idpriv.m4 | 14 ++++ 6 files changed, 352 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) create mode 100644 gl/idpriv-droptemp.c create mode 100644 gl/idpriv.h create mode 100644 gl/m4/idpriv.m4 diff --git a/gl/Makefile.am b/gl/Makefile.am index 4339b2c6..54abb4c7 100644 --- a/gl/Makefile.am +++ b/gl/Makefile.am @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ # the same distribution terms as the rest of that program. # # Generated by gnulib-tool. -# Reproduce by: gnulib-tool --import --dir=. --lib=libgnu --source-base=gl --m4-base=gl/m4 --doc-base=doc --tests-base=tests --aux-dir=build-aux --no-conditional-dependencies --no-libtool --macro-prefix=gl --no-vc-files base64 crypto/sha1 dirname environ floorf fsusage getaddrinfo gethostname getloadavg getopt-gnu gettext mountlist regex setenv strcase strsep timegm unsetenv vasprintf vsnprintf +# Reproduce by: gnulib-tool --import --dir=. --lib=libgnu --source-base=gl --m4-base=gl/m4 --doc-base=doc --tests-base=tests --aux-dir=build-aux --no-conditional-dependencies --no-libtool --macro-prefix=gl --no-vc-files base64 crypto/sha1 dirname environ floorf fsusage getaddrinfo gethostname getloadavg getopt-gnu gettext idpriv-droptemp mountlist regex setenv strcase strsep timegm unsetenv vasprintf vsnprintf AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.9.6 gnits subdir-objects @@ -402,6 +402,14 @@ EXTRA_DIST += $(top_srcdir)/build-aux/config.rpath ## end gnulib module havelib +## begin gnulib module idpriv-droptemp + +libgnu_a_SOURCES += idpriv-droptemp.c + +EXTRA_DIST += idpriv.h + +## end gnulib module idpriv-droptemp + ## begin gnulib module inet_ntop diff --git a/gl/idpriv-droptemp.c b/gl/idpriv-droptemp.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000..13d1064e --- /dev/null +++ b/gl/idpriv-droptemp.c @@ -0,0 +1,204 @@ +/* Dropping uid/gid privileges of the current process temporarily. + Copyright (C) 2009-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + + This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify + it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by + the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or + (at your option) any later version. + + This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the + GNU General Public License for more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License + along with this program. If not, see . */ + +#include + +#include "idpriv.h" + +#include +#include +#include +#include + +/* The privileged uid and gid that the process had earlier. */ +#if HAVE_GETUID +static int saved_uid = -1; +#endif +#if HAVE_GETGID +static int saved_gid = -1; +#endif + +int +idpriv_temp_drop (void) +{ +#if HAVE_GETEUID && HAVE_GETEGID && (HAVE_SETRESUID || HAVE_SETREUID) && (HAVE_SETRESGID || HAVE_SETREGID) + int uid = getuid (); + int gid = getgid (); + + /* Find out about the privileged uid and gid at the first call. */ + if (saved_uid == -1) + saved_uid = geteuid (); + if (saved_gid == -1) + saved_gid = getegid (); + + /* Drop the gid privilege first, because in some cases the gid privilege + cannot be dropped after the uid privilege has been dropped. */ + + /* This is for executables that have the setgid bit set. */ +# if HAVE_SETRESGID /* glibc, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, HP-UX */ + if (setresgid (-1, gid, saved_gid) < 0) + return -1; +# else /* Mac OS X, NetBSD, AIX, IRIX, Solaris >= 2.5, OSF/1, Cygwin */ + if (setregid (-1, gid) < 0) + return -1; +# endif + + /* This is for executables that have the setuid bit set. */ +# if HAVE_SETRESUID /* glibc, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, HP-UX */ + /* See + figure 14. */ + if (setresuid (-1, uid, saved_uid) < 0) + return -1; +# else /* Mac OS X, NetBSD, AIX, IRIX, Solaris >= 2.5, OSF/1, Cygwin */ + if (setreuid (-1, uid) < 0) + return -1; +# endif + + /* Verify that the privileges have really been dropped. + This verification is here for security reasons. Doesn't matter if it + takes a couple of system calls. + When the verification fails, it indicates that we need to use different + API in the code above. Therefore 'abort ()', not 'return -1'. */ +# if HAVE_GETRESUID /* glibc, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, HP-UX */ + { + uid_t real; + uid_t effective; + uid_t saved; + if (getresuid (&real, &effective, &saved) < 0 + || real != uid + || effective != uid + || saved != saved_uid) + abort (); + } +# else +# if HAVE_GETEUID + if (geteuid () != uid) + abort (); +# endif + if (getuid () != uid) + abort (); +# endif +# if HAVE_GETRESGID /* glibc, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, HP-UX */ + { + uid_t real; + uid_t effective; + uid_t saved; + if (getresgid (&real, &effective, &saved) < 0 + || real != gid + || effective != gid + || saved != saved_gid) + abort (); + } +# else +# if HAVE_GETEGID + if (getegid () != gid) + abort (); +# endif + if (getgid () != gid) + abort (); +# endif + + return 0; +#else + errno = ENOSYS; + return -1; +#endif +} + +int +idpriv_temp_restore (void) +{ +#if HAVE_GETEUID && HAVE_GETEGID && (HAVE_SETRESUID || HAVE_SETREUID) && (HAVE_SETRESGID || HAVE_SETREGID) + int uid = getuid (); + int gid = getgid (); + + if (saved_uid == -1 || saved_gid == -1) + /* Caller error: idpriv_temp_drop was never invoked. */ + abort (); + + /* Acquire the gid privilege last, because in some cases the gid privilege + cannot be acquired before the uid privilege has been acquired. */ + + /* This is for executables that have the setuid bit set. */ +# if HAVE_SETRESUID /* glibc, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, HP-UX */ + /* See + figure 14. */ + if (setresuid (-1, saved_uid, -1) < 0) + return -1; +# else /* Mac OS X, NetBSD, AIX, IRIX, Solaris >= 2.5, OSF/1, Cygwin */ + if (setreuid (-1, saved_uid) < 0) + return -1; +# endif + + /* This is for executables that have the setgid bit set. */ +# if HAVE_SETRESGID /* glibc, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, HP-UX */ + if (setresgid (-1, saved_gid, -1) < 0) + return -1; +# else /* Mac OS X, NetBSD, AIX, IRIX, Solaris >= 2.5, OSF/1, Cygwin */ + if (setregid (-1, saved_gid) < 0) + return -1; +# endif + + /* Verify that the privileges have really been acquired. + This verification is here for security reasons. Doesn't matter if it + takes a couple of system calls. + When the verification fails, it indicates that we need to use different + API in the code above. Therefore 'abort ()', not 'return -1'. */ +# if HAVE_GETRESUID /* glibc, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, HP-UX */ + { + uid_t real; + uid_t effective; + uid_t saved; + if (getresuid (&real, &effective, &saved) < 0 + || real != uid + || effective != saved_uid + || saved != saved_uid) + abort (); + } +# else +# if HAVE_GETEUID + if (geteuid () != saved_uid) + abort (); +# endif + if (getuid () != uid) + abort (); +# endif +# if HAVE_GETRESGID /* glibc, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, HP-UX */ + { + uid_t real; + uid_t effective; + uid_t saved; + if (getresgid (&real, &effective, &saved) < 0 + || real != gid + || effective != saved_gid + || saved != saved_gid) + abort (); + } +# else +# if HAVE_GETEGID + if (getegid () != saved_gid) + abort (); +# endif + if (getgid () != gid) + abort (); +# endif + + return 0; +#else + errno = ENOSYS; + return -1; +#endif +} diff --git a/gl/idpriv.h b/gl/idpriv.h new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f454a2cc --- /dev/null +++ b/gl/idpriv.h @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +/* Dropping uid/gid privileges of the current process. + Copyright (C) 2009-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + + This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify + it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by + the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or + (at your option) any later version. + + This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the + GNU General Public License for more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License + along with this program. If not, see . */ + +#ifndef _IDPRIV_H +#define _IDPRIV_H + +#ifdef __cplusplus +extern "C" { +#endif + +/* This module allows programs which are installed with setuid or setgid bit + (and which therefore initially run with an effective user id or group id + different from the one of the current user) to drop their uid or gid + privilege, either permanently or temporarily. + + It is absolutely necessary to minimize the amount of code that is running + with escalated privileges (e.g. with effective uid = root). The reason is + that any bug or exploit in a part of a program that is running with + escalated privileges is a security vulnerability that - upon discovery - + puts the users in danger and requires immediate fixing. Then consider that + there's a bug every 10 or 20 lines of code on average... + + For programs that temporarily drop privileges but have the ability to + restore them later, there are additionally the dangers that + - Any bug in the non-privileged part of the program may be used to + create invalid data structures that will trigger security + vulnerabilities in the privileged part of the program. + - Code execution exploits in the non-privileged part of the program may + be used to invoke the function that restores high privileges and then + execute additional arbitrary code. + + 1) The usual, and reasonably safe, way to minimize the amount of code + running with privileges is to create a separate executable, with setuid + or setgid bit, that contains only code for the tasks that require + privileges (and,of course, strict checking of the arguments, so that the + program cannot be abused). The main program is installed without setuid + or setgid bit. + + 2) A less safe way is to do some privileged tasks at the beginning of the + program's run, and drop privileges permanently as soon as possible. + + Note: There may still be security issues if the privileged task puts + sensitive data into the process memory or opens communication channels + to restricted facilities. + + 3) The most unsafe way is to drop privileges temporarily for most of the + main program but to re-enable them for the duration of privileged tasks. + + As explained above, this approach has uncontrollable dangers for + security. + + This approach is normally not usable in multithreaded programs, because + you cannot know what kind of system calls the other threads could be + doing during the time the privileges are enabled. + + With approach 1, you don't need gnulib modules. + With approach 2, you need the gnulib module 'idpriv-drop'. + With approach 3, you need the gnulib module 'idpriv-droptemp'. But really, + you should better stay away from this approach. + */ + +/* For more in-depth discussion of these topics, see the papers/articles + * Hao Chen, David Wagner, Drew Dean: Setuid Demystified + + * Dan Tsafrir, Dilma da Silva, David Wagner: The Murky Issue of Changing + Process Identity: Revising "Setuid Demystified" + + + * Dhruv Mohindra: Observe correct revocation order while relinquishing + privileges + + */ + + +/* For approach 2. */ + +/* Drop the uid and gid privileges of the current process. + Return 0 if successful, or -1 with errno set upon failure. The recommended + handling of failure is to terminate the process. */ +extern int idpriv_drop (void); + + +/* For approach 3. */ + +/* Drop the uid and gid privileges of the current process in a way that allows + them to be restored later. + Return 0 if successful, or -1 with errno set upon failure. The recommended + handling of failure is to terminate the process. */ +extern int idpriv_temp_drop (void); + +/* Restore the uid and gid privileges of the current process. + Return 0 if successful, or -1 with errno set upon failure. The recommended + handling of failure is to not perform the actions that require the escalated + privileges. */ +extern int idpriv_temp_restore (void); + + +#ifdef __cplusplus +} +#endif + + +#endif /* _IDPRIV_H */ diff --git a/gl/m4/gnulib-cache.m4 b/gl/m4/gnulib-cache.m4 index e61a5362..d6fca2a3 100644 --- a/gl/m4/gnulib-cache.m4 +++ b/gl/m4/gnulib-cache.m4 @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ # Specification in the form of a command-line invocation: -# gnulib-tool --import --dir=. --lib=libgnu --source-base=gl --m4-base=gl/m4 --doc-base=doc --tests-base=tests --aux-dir=build-aux --no-conditional-dependencies --no-libtool --macro-prefix=gl --no-vc-files base64 crypto/sha1 dirname environ floorf fsusage getaddrinfo gethostname getloadavg getopt-gnu gettext mountlist regex setenv strcase strsep timegm unsetenv vasprintf vsnprintf +# gnulib-tool --import --dir=. --lib=libgnu --source-base=gl --m4-base=gl/m4 --doc-base=doc --tests-base=tests --aux-dir=build-aux --no-conditional-dependencies --no-libtool --macro-prefix=gl --no-vc-files base64 crypto/sha1 dirname environ floorf fsusage getaddrinfo gethostname getloadavg getopt-gnu gettext idpriv-droptemp mountlist regex setenv strcase strsep timegm unsetenv vasprintf vsnprintf # Specification in the form of a few gnulib-tool.m4 macro invocations: gl_LOCAL_DIR([]) @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ gl_MODULES([ getloadavg getopt-gnu gettext + idpriv-droptemp mountlist regex setenv diff --git a/gl/m4/gnulib-comp.m4 b/gl/m4/gnulib-comp.m4 index b3cb4c12..67a81566 100644 --- a/gl/m4/gnulib-comp.m4 +++ b/gl/m4/gnulib-comp.m4 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ # other built files. -# This macro should be invoked from ./configure.in, in the section +# This macro should be invoked from ./configure.ac, in the section # "Checks for programs", right after AC_PROG_CC, and certainly before # any checks for libraries, header files, types and library functions. AC_DEFUN([gl_EARLY], @@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_EARLY], # Code from module gettext-h: # Code from module havelib: # Code from module hostent: + # Code from module idpriv-droptemp: # Code from module include_next: # Code from module inet_ntop: # Code from module intprops: @@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_EARLY], # Code from module xstrndup: ]) -# This macro should be invoked from ./configure.in, in the section +# This macro should be invoked from ./configure.ac, in the section # "Check for header files, types and library functions". AC_DEFUN([gl_INIT], [ @@ -258,6 +259,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_INIT], AC_SUBST([LIBINTL]) AC_SUBST([LTLIBINTL]) gl_HOSTENT + gl_IDPRIV gl_FUNC_INET_NTOP if test $HAVE_INET_NTOP = 0 || test $REPLACE_INET_NTOP = 1; then AC_LIBOBJ([inet_ntop]) @@ -658,6 +660,8 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_FILE_LIST], [ lib/glthread/lock.c lib/glthread/lock.h lib/glthread/threadlib.c + lib/idpriv-droptemp.c + lib/idpriv.h lib/inet_ntop.c lib/intprops.h lib/itold.c @@ -790,6 +794,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_FILE_LIST], [ m4/gnulib-common.m4 m4/hostent.m4 m4/iconv.m4 + m4/idpriv.m4 m4/include_next.m4 m4/inet_ntop.m4 m4/intdiv0.m4 diff --git a/gl/m4/idpriv.m4 b/gl/m4/idpriv.m4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..167f5238 --- /dev/null +++ b/gl/m4/idpriv.m4 @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +# idpriv.m4 serial 1 +dnl Copyright (C) 2009-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation +dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, +dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved. + +AC_DEFUN([gl_IDPRIV], +[ + dnl Persuade glibc to declare {get,set}res{uid,gid}. + AC_REQUIRE([gl_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS]) + + AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([getuid geteuid getresuid getgid getegid getresgid]) + AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([setresuid setreuid seteuid setresgid setregid setegid]) +]) -- cgit v1.2.3-74-g34f1