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authorEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2006-09-04T22·55+0000
committerEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2006-09-04T22·55+0000
commitbafc1690fc4a2a2c3ff81ff1c1a677f208d3b1b7 (patch)
tree822877e73d7e4ffe4dd3ef3b1a1ff02dafaed186 /src/libutil/util.cc
parente5a6c09b12a9a68ba604d4e95adf28482ae8fc8d (diff)
* Move setuid stuff to libutil.
* Install libexpr header files.

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diff --git a/src/libutil/util.cc b/src/libutil/util.cc
index 44b39f8c623a..eac124edbd89 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/util.cc
@@ -850,4 +850,140 @@ bool string2Int(const string & s, int & n)
 }
 
  
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+
+static bool haveSwitched;
+static uid_t savedUid, nixUid;
+static gid_t savedGid, nixGid;
+
+
+#if HAVE_SETRESUID
+#define _setuid(uid) setresuid(uid, uid, savedUid)
+#define _setgid(gid) setresgid(gid, gid, savedGid)
+#else
+/* Only works properly when run by root. */
+#define _setuid(uid) setuid(uid)
+#define _setgid(gid) setgid(gid)
+#endif
+
+
+SwitchToOriginalUser::SwitchToOriginalUser()
+{
+#if SETUID_HACK && HAVE_SETRESUID
+    /* Temporarily switch the effective uid/gid back to the saved
+       uid/gid (which is the uid/gid of the user that executed the Nix
+       program; it's *not* the real uid/gid, since we changed that to
+       the Nix user in switchToNixUser()). */
+    if (haveSwitched) {
+        if (setuid(savedUid) == -1)
+            throw SysError(format("temporarily restoring uid to `%1%'") % savedUid); 
+        if (setgid(savedGid) == -1)
+            throw SysError(format("temporarily restoring gid to `%1%'") % savedGid); 
+    }
+#endif
+}
+
+
+SwitchToOriginalUser::~SwitchToOriginalUser()
+{
+#if SETUID_HACK && HAVE_SETRESUID
+    /* Switch the effective uid/gid back to the Nix user. */
+    if (haveSwitched) {
+        if (setuid(nixUid) == -1)
+            throw SysError(format("restoring uid to `%1%'") % nixUid); 
+        if (setgid(nixGid) == -1)
+            throw SysError(format("restoring gid to `%1%'") % nixGid); 
+    }
+#endif
+}
+
+
+void switchToNixUser()
+{
+#if SETUID_HACK
+
+    /* Don't do anything if this is not a setuid binary. */
+    if (getuid() == geteuid() && getgid() == getegid()) return;
+
+    /* Here we set the uid and gid to the Nix user and group,
+       respectively, IF the current (real) user is a member of the Nix
+       group.  Otherwise we just drop all privileges. */
+    
+    /* Lookup the Nix gid. */
+    struct group * gr = getgrnam(NIX_GROUP);
+    if (!gr) {
+        cerr << format("missing group `%1%'\n") % NIX_GROUP;
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    /* Get the supplementary group IDs for the current user. */
+    int maxGids = 512, nrGids;
+    gid_t gids[maxGids];
+    if ((nrGids = getgroups(maxGids, gids)) == -1) {
+        cerr << format("unable to query gids\n");
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    /* !!! Apparently it is unspecified whether getgroups() includes
+       the effective gid.  In that case the following test is always
+       true *if* the program is installed setgid (which we do when we
+       have setresuid()).  On Linux this doesn't appear to be the
+       case, but we should switch to the real gid before doing this
+       test, and then switch back to the saved gid. */ 
+
+    /* Check that the current user is a member of the Nix group. */
+    bool found = false;
+    for (int i = 0; i < nrGids; ++i)
+        if (gids[i] == gr->gr_gid) {
+            found = true;
+            break;
+        }
+
+    if (!found) {
+        /* Not in the Nix group - drop all root/Nix privileges. */
+        _setgid(getgid());
+        _setuid(getuid());
+        return;
+    }
+
+    savedUid = getuid();
+    savedGid = getgid();
+
+    /* Set the real, effective and saved gids to gr->gr_gid.  Also
+       make very sure that this succeeded.  We switch the gid first
+       because we cannot do it after we have dropped root uid. */
+    nixGid = gr->gr_gid;
+    if (_setgid(nixGid) != 0 || getgid() != nixGid || getegid() != nixGid) {
+        cerr << format("unable to set gid to `%1%'\n") % NIX_GROUP;
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    /* Lookup the Nix uid. */
+    struct passwd * pw = getpwnam(NIX_USER);
+    if (!pw) {
+        cerr << format("missing user `%1%'\n") % NIX_USER;
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    /* This will drop all root privileges, setting the real, effective
+       and saved uids to pw->pw_uid.  Also make very sure that this
+       succeeded.*/
+    nixUid = pw->pw_uid;
+    if (_setuid(nixUid) != 0 || getuid() != nixUid || geteuid() != nixUid) {
+        cerr << format("unable to set uid to `%1%'\n") % NIX_USER;
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    /* !!! for setuid operation, we should: 1) wipe the environment;
+       2) verify file descriptors 0, 1, 2; 3) etc.
+       See: http://www.daemon-systems.org/man/setuid.7.html
+    */
+
+    haveSwitched = true;
+    
+#endif
+}
+
+
 }