[PATCH] openssh: Atomically generate host keys

Joshua Watt
2017-05-07T01:33:10Z

Generating the host keys atomically prevents power interruptions during
the first boot from leaving the key files incomplete, which often
prevents users from being able to ssh into the device.

Signed-off-by: Joshua Watt <JPEWhacker@gmail.com>
---
meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh/init | 21 ++++------------
.../openssh/openssh/sshd-check-key | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++
.../openssh/openssh/sshdgenkeys.service | 16 ++++---------
meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh_7.4p1.bb | 8 +++++++
4 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh/sshd-check-key

diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh/init b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh/init
index 1f63725..22124a9 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh/init
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh/init
@@ -45,23 +45,10 @@ check_config() {
}

check_keys() {
- # create keys if necessary
- if [ ! -f $HOST_KEY_RSA ]; then
- echo " generating ssh RSA key..."
- ssh-keygen -q -f $HOST_KEY_RSA -N '' -t rsa
- fi
- if [ ! -f $HOST_KEY_ECDSA ]; then
- echo " generating ssh ECDSA key..."
- ssh-keygen -q -f $HOST_KEY_ECDSA -N '' -t ecdsa
- fi
- if [ ! -f $HOST_KEY_DSA ]; then
- echo " generating ssh DSA key..."
- ssh-keygen -q -f $HOST_KEY_DSA -N '' -t dsa
- fi
- if [ ! -f $HOST_KEY_ED25519 ]; then
- echo " generating ssh ED25519 key..."
- ssh-keygen -q -f $HOST_KEY_ED25519 -N '' -t ed25519
- fi
+ @LIBEXECDIR@/sshd-check-key $HOST_KEY_RSA rsa
+ @LIBEXECDIR@/sshd-check-key $HOST_KEY_ECDSA ecdsa
+ @LIBEXECDIR@/sshd-check-key $HOST_KEY_DSA dsa
+ @LIBEXECDIR@/sshd-check-key $HOST_KEY_ED25519 ed25519
}

export PATH="${PATH:+$PATH:}/usr/sbin:/sbin"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh/sshd-check-key b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh/sshd-check-key
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3495d98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh/sshd-check-key
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+set -e
+
+NAME="$1"
+TYPE="$2"
+
+if [ -z "$NAME" ] || [ -z "$TYPE" ]; then
+ echo "Usage: $0 NAME TYPE"
+ exit 1;
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f "$NAME" ]; then
+ echo " generating ssh $TYPE key..."
+ ssh-keygen -q -f "${NAME}.tmp" -N '' -t $TYPE
+
+ # Sync to ensure data is written to temp file before renaming
+ sync
+
+ # Move (Atomically rename) files
+ # Rename the .pub file first, since the check that triggers a
+ # key generation is based on the private file.
+ mv -f "${NAME}.tmp.pub" "${NAME}.pub"
+ sync
+
+ mv -f "${NAME}.tmp" "${NAME}"
+ sync
+fi
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh/sshdgenkeys.service b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh/sshdgenkeys.service
index 148e6ad..af56404 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh/sshdgenkeys.service
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh/sshdgenkeys.service
@@ -1,22 +1,14 @@
[Unit]
Description=OpenSSH Key Generation
RequiresMountsFor=/var /run
-ConditionPathExists=!/var/run/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
-ConditionPathExists=!/var/run/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
-ConditionPathExists=!/var/run/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key
-ConditionPathExists=!/var/run/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key
-ConditionPathExists=!/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
-ConditionPathExists=!/etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
-ConditionPathExists=!/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key
-ConditionPathExists=!/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key

[Service]
Environment="SYSCONFDIR=/etc/ssh"
EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/ssh
ExecStart=@BASE_BINDIR@/mkdir -p $SYSCONFDIR
-ExecStart=@BINDIR@/ssh-keygen -q -f ${SYSCONFDIR}/ssh_host_rsa_key -N '' -t rsa
-ExecStart=@BINDIR@/ssh-keygen -q -f ${SYSCONFDIR}/ssh_host_dsa_key -N '' -t dsa
-ExecStart=@BINDIR@/ssh-keygen -q -f ${SYSCONFDIR}/ssh_host_ecdsa_key -N '' -t ecdsa
-ExecStart=@BINDIR@/ssh-keygen -q -f ${SYSCONFDIR}/ssh_host_ed25519_key -N '' -t ed25519
+ExecStart=@LIBEXECDIR@/sshd-check-key ${SYSCONFDIR}/ssh_host_rsa_key rsa
+ExecStart=@LIBEXECDIR@/sshd-check-key ${SYSCONFDIR}/ssh_host_dsa_key dsa
+ExecStart=@LIBEXECDIR@/sshd-check-key ${SYSCONFDIR}/ssh_host_ecdsa_key ecdsa
+ExecStart=@LIBEXECDIR@/sshd-check-key ${SYSCONFDIR}/ssh_host_ed25519_key ed25519
Type=oneshot
RemainAfterExit=yes
diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh_7.4p1.bb b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh_7.4p1.bb
index c8093d4..ccd7a02 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh_7.4p1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh_7.4p1.bb
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ SRC_URI = "http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/portable/openssh-${PV}.tar
file://openssh-7.1p1-conditional-compile-des-in-cipher.patch \
file://openssh-7.1p1-conditional-compile-des-in-pkcs11.patch \
file://fix-potential-signed-overflow-in-pointer-arithmatic.patch \
+ file://sshd-check-key \
"

PAM_SRC_URI = "file://sshd"
@@ -124,7 +125,14 @@ do_install_append () {
sed -i -e 's,@BASE_BINDIR@,${base_bindir},g' \
-e 's,@SBINDIR@,${sbindir},g' \
-e 's,@BINDIR@,${bindir},g' \
+ -e 's,@LIBEXECDIR@,${libexecdir}/${BPN},g' \
${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system/sshd.socket ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system/*.service
+
+ sed -i -e 's,@LIBEXECDIR@,${libexecdir}/${BPN},g' \
+ ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/sshd
+
+ install -d 644 ${D}${libexecdir}/${BPN}
+ install -m 0755 ${WORKDIR}/sshd-check-key ${D}${libexecdir}/${BPN}
}

do_install_ptest () {
--
2.9.3