From: William Lee Irwin III <wli@holomorphy.com>
To: Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
andrea@suse.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
kenneth.w.chen@intel.com
Subject: Re: disable-cap-mlock
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 19:21:44 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040402032144.GQ791@holomorphy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040401185148.B21045@build.pdx.osdl.net>
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* Andrew Morton (akpm@osdl.org) wrote:
>> Well the message I'm receiving is that the userspace capability
>> infrastructure is a decrepit mess which nobody is fixing or maintaining.
>> Certainly, if we could arrange for pam_cap to be fixed and proselytized
>> that would be even better than bolting new workalike code into login and
>> su.
On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 06:51:48PM -0800, Chris Wright wrote:
> Very true. I don't know who's maintaining that code, and the libcap
> maintainer is not really touching that code either. /me looks about for
> some spare round tuits or volunteers.
pam_cap is small... it might be debuggable. Entire thing attached.
-- wli
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/*
* Copyright (c) Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@linux.kernel.org>
*
* The purpose of this module is to enforce inheritable capability sets
* for a specified user.
*
* $Id$ <- no version yet ;)
*/
/* #define DEBUG */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <stdarg.h>
#include <sys/capability.h>
#include <security/pam_modules.h>
#include <security/_pam_macros.h>
#define USER_CAP_FILE "/etc/security/capability.conf"
#define CAP_FILE_BUFFER_SIZE 4096
#define CAP_FILE_DELIMITERS " \t\n"
#define CAP_COMBINED_FORMAT "%s all-i %s+i"
#define CAP_DROP_ALL "%s all-i"
struct pam_cap_s {
int debug;
const char *user;
const char *conf_filename;
};
/* obtain the inheritable capabilities for the current user */
static char *read_capabilities_for_user(const char *user, const char *source)
{
char *cap_string = NULL;
char buffer[CAP_FILE_BUFFER_SIZE], *line;
FILE *cap_file;
cap_file = fopen(source, "r");
if (cap_file == NULL) {
D(("failed to open capability file"));
return NULL;
}
while ((line = fgets(buffer, CAP_FILE_BUFFER_SIZE, cap_file))) {
int found_one = 0;
const char *cap_text;
cap_text = strtok(line, CAP_FILE_DELIMITERS);
if (cap_text == NULL) {
D(("empty line"));
continue;
}
if (*cap_text == '#') {
D(("comment line"));
continue;
}
while (line = strtok(NULL, CAP_FILE_DELIMITERS)) {
if (strcmp("*", line) == 0) {
D(("wildcard matched"));
found_one = 1;
cap_string = strdup(cap_text);
break;
}
if (strcmp(user, line) == 0) {
D(("exact match for user"));
found_one = 1;
cap_string = strdup(cap_text);
break;
}
D(("user is not [%s] - skipping", line));
}
cap_text = NULL;
line = NULL;
if (found_one) {
D(("user [%s] matched - caps are [%s]", user, cap_string));
break;
}
}
fclose(cap_file);
memset(buffer, 0, CAP_FILE_BUFFER_SIZE);
return cap_string;
}
/*
* Set capabilities for current process to match the current
* permitted+executable sets combined with the configured inheritable
* set.
*/
static int set_capabilities(struct pam_cap_s *cs)
{
cap_t cap_s;
ssize_t length = 0;
char *conf_icaps;
char *proc_epcaps;
char *combined_caps;
int ok = 0;
cap_s = cap_get_proc();
if (cap_s == NULL) {
D(("your kernel is capability challenged - upgrade: %s",
strerror(errno)));
return 0;
}
conf_icaps =
read_capabilities_for_user(cs->user,
cs->conf_filename
? cs->conf_filename:USER_CAP_FILE );
if (conf_icaps == NULL) {
D(("no capabilities found for user [%s]", cs->user));
goto cleanup_cap_s;
}
proc_epcaps = cap_to_text(cap_s, &length);
if (proc_epcaps == NULL) {
D(("unable to convert process capabilities to text"));
goto cleanup_icaps;
}
/*
* This is a pretty inefficient way to combine
* capabilities. However, it seems to be the most straightforward
* one, given the limitations of the POSIX.1e draft spec. The spec
* is optimized for applications that know the capabilities they
* want to manipulate at compile time.
*/
combined_caps = malloc(1+strlen(CAP_COMBINED_FORMAT)
+strlen(proc_epcaps)+strlen(conf_icaps));
if (combined_caps == NULL) {
D(("unable to combine capabilities into one string - no memory"));
goto cleanup_epcaps;
}
if (!strcmp(conf_icaps, "none")) {
sprintf(combined_caps, CAP_DROP_ALL, proc_epcaps);
} else if (!strcmp(conf_icaps, "all")) {
/* no change */
sprintf(combined_caps, "%s", proc_epcaps);
} else {
sprintf(combined_caps, CAP_COMBINED_FORMAT, proc_epcaps, conf_icaps);
}
D(("combined_caps=[%s]", combined_caps));
cap_free(cap_s);
cap_s = cap_from_text(combined_caps);
_pam_overwrite(combined_caps);
_pam_drop(combined_caps);
#ifdef DEBUG
{
char *temp = cap_to_text(cap_s, NULL);
D(("abbreviated caps for process will be [%s]", temp));
cap_free(temp);
}
#endif /* DEBUG */
if (cap_s == NULL) {
D(("no capabilies to set"));
} else if (cap_set_proc(cap_s) == 0) {
D(("capabilities were set correctly"));
ok = 1;
} else {
D(("failed to set specified capabilities: %s", strerror(errno)));
}
cleanup_epcaps:
cap_free(proc_epcaps);
cleanup_icaps:
_pam_overwrite(conf_icaps);
_pam_drop(conf_icaps);
cleanup_cap_s:
if (cap_s) {
cap_free(cap_s);
cap_s = NULL;
}
return ok;
}
/* log errors */
static void _pam_log(int err, const char *format, ...)
{
va_list args;
va_start(args, format);
openlog("pam_cap", LOG_CONS|LOG_PID, LOG_AUTH);
vsyslog(err, format, args);
va_end(args);
closelog();
}
static void parse_args(int argc, const char **argv, struct pam_cap_s *pcs)
{
int ctrl=0;
/* step through arguments */
for (ctrl=0; argc-- > 0; ++argv) {
if (!strcmp(*argv, "debug")) {
pcs->debug = 1;
} else if (!strcmp(*argv, "config=")) {
pcs->conf_filename = strlen("config=") + *argv;
} else {
_pam_log(LOG_ERR, "unknown option; %s", *argv);
}
}
}
int pam_sm_authenticate(pam_handle_t *pamh, int flags,
int argc, const char **argv)
{
int retval;
struct pam_cap_s pcs;
char *conf_icaps;
memset(&pcs, 0, sizeof(pcs));
parse_args(argc, argv, &pcs);
retval = pam_get_user(pamh, &pcs.user, NULL);
if (retval == PAM_CONV_AGAIN) {
D(("user conversation is not available yet"));
memset(&pcs, 0, sizeof(pcs));
return PAM_INCOMPLETE;
}
if (retval != PAM_SUCCESS) {
D(("pam_get_user failed: %s", pam_strerror(pamh, retval)));
memset(&pcs, 0, sizeof(pcs));
return PAM_AUTH_ERR;
}
conf_icaps =
read_capabilities_for_user(pcs.user,
pcs.conf_filename
? pcs.conf_filename:USER_CAP_FILE );
memset(&pcs, 0, sizeof(pcs));
if (conf_icaps) {
D(("it appears that there are capabilities for this user [%s]",
conf_icaps));
/* We could also store this as a pam_[gs]et_data item for use
by the setcred call to follow. As it is, there is a small
race associated with a redundant read. Oh well, if you
care, send me a patch.. */
_pam_overwrite(conf_icaps);
_pam_drop(conf_icaps);
return PAM_SUCCESS;
} else {
D(("there are no capabilities restrctions on this user"));
return PAM_IGNORE;
}
}
int pam_sm_setcred(pam_handle_t *pamh, int flags,
int argc, const char **argv)
{
int retval;
struct pam_cap_s pcs;
if (!(flags & PAM_ESTABLISH_CRED)) {
D(("we don't handle much in the way of credentials"));
return PAM_IGNORE;
}
memset(&pcs, 0, sizeof(pcs));
parse_args(argc, argv, &pcs);
retval = pam_get_item(pamh, PAM_USER, (const void **)&pcs.user);
if ((retval != PAM_SUCCESS) || (pcs.user == NULL) || !(pcs.user[0])) {
D(("user's name is not set"));
return PAM_AUTH_ERR;
}
retval = set_capabilities(&pcs);
memset(&pcs, 0, sizeof(pcs));
return (retval ? PAM_SUCCESS:PAM_IGNORE );
}
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-04-02 3:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 62+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-04-01 13:59 disable-cap-mlock Andrea Arcangeli
2004-04-01 14:12 ` disable-cap-mlock Martin Zwickel
2004-04-01 16:48 ` disable-cap-mlock William Lee Irwin III
2004-04-01 16:59 ` disable-cap-mlock Andrea Arcangeli
2004-04-01 17:11 ` disable-cap-mlock Marc-Christian Petersen
2004-04-01 17:16 ` disable-cap-mlock William Lee Irwin III
2004-04-01 17:34 ` disable-cap-mlock Andrea Arcangeli
2004-04-01 17:38 ` disable-cap-mlock William Lee Irwin III
2004-04-01 17:42 ` disable-cap-mlock Andrea Arcangeli
2004-04-01 17:37 ` disable-cap-mlock Stephen Smalley
2004-04-01 17:44 ` disable-cap-mlock William Lee Irwin III
2004-04-01 17:49 ` disable-cap-mlock Andrea Arcangeli
2004-04-01 17:51 ` disable-cap-mlock William Lee Irwin III
2004-04-01 18:12 ` disable-cap-mlock William Lee Irwin III
2004-04-01 17:52 ` disable-cap-mlock Marc-Christian Petersen
2004-04-01 17:54 ` disable-cap-mlock William Lee Irwin III
2004-04-01 18:47 ` disable-cap-mlock Stephen Smalley
2004-04-01 19:26 ` disable-cap-mlock William Lee Irwin III
2004-04-01 20:23 ` disable-cap-mlock Marc-Christian Petersen
2004-04-01 21:13 ` disable-cap-mlock William Lee Irwin III
2004-04-01 21:31 ` disable-cap-mlock Marc-Christian Petersen
2004-04-01 18:34 ` disable-cap-mlock Andrew Morton
2004-04-01 18:49 ` disable-cap-mlock Andrea Arcangeli
2004-04-01 18:52 ` disable-cap-mlock Chen, Kenneth W
2004-04-01 18:59 ` disable-cap-mlock William Lee Irwin III
2004-04-01 19:27 ` disable-cap-mlock James Morris
2004-04-02 10:39 ` disable-cap-mlock Pavel Machek
2004-04-02 23:44 ` disable-cap-mlock William Lee Irwin III
2004-04-01 19:44 ` disable-cap-mlock Rik van Riel
2004-04-01 19:52 ` disable-cap-mlock Andrew Morton
2004-04-01 22:36 ` disable-cap-mlock Andrea Arcangeli
2004-04-01 22:43 ` disable-cap-mlock Marc-Christian Petersen
2004-04-01 23:08 ` disable-cap-mlock Rik van Riel
2004-04-01 23:26 ` disable-cap-mlock Andrea Arcangeli
2004-04-02 0:59 ` disable-cap-mlock Chris Wright
2004-04-01 22:29 ` disable-cap-mlock Andrea Arcangeli
2004-04-02 1:07 ` disable-cap-mlock Chris Wright
2004-04-02 1:18 ` disable-cap-mlock Andrea Arcangeli
2004-04-02 1:30 ` disable-cap-mlock Chris Wright
2004-04-02 1:35 ` disable-cap-mlock Andrea Arcangeli
2004-04-02 2:04 ` disable-cap-mlock Chris Wright
2004-04-02 2:13 ` disable-cap-mlock Andrea Arcangeli
2004-04-02 2:21 ` disable-cap-mlock Chris Wright
2004-04-02 2:38 ` disable-cap-mlock Andrea Arcangeli
2004-04-02 2:48 ` disable-cap-mlock Chris Wright
2004-04-02 1:30 ` disable-cap-mlock Andrew Morton
2004-04-02 1:59 ` disable-cap-mlock Chris Wright
2004-04-02 2:09 ` disable-cap-mlock Andrea Arcangeli
2004-04-02 2:30 ` disable-cap-mlock Andrew Morton
2004-04-02 2:33 ` disable-cap-mlock Chris Wright
2004-04-02 2:45 ` disable-cap-mlock Andrew Morton
2004-04-02 2:51 ` disable-cap-mlock Chris Wright
2004-04-02 3:21 ` William Lee Irwin III [this message]
2004-04-02 2:41 ` disable-cap-mlock Andrea Arcangeli
2004-04-02 2:49 ` disable-cap-mlock Andrew Morton
2004-04-02 3:07 ` disable-cap-mlock Andrea Arcangeli
2004-04-02 21:35 ` disable-cap-mlock Andrew Morton
2004-04-02 22:36 ` disable-cap-mlock Chris Wright
2004-04-02 22:56 ` disable-cap-mlock Andrea Arcangeli
2004-04-02 23:01 ` disable-cap-mlock Andrew Morton
2004-04-02 23:18 ` disable-cap-mlock Chris Wright
2004-04-05 12:13 ` disable-cap-mlock Stephen Smalley
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