/* setuid.c --- management of runtime privileges. * xscreensaver, Copyright (c) 1993-1998, 2005 Jamie Zawinski * * Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its * documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that * the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that * copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting * documentation. No representations are made about the suitability of this * software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or * implied warranty. */ #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H # include "config.h" #endif #include /* not used for much... */ /* This file doesn't need the Xt headers, so stub these types out... */ #undef XtPointer #define XtAppContext void* #define XrmDatabase void* #define XtIntervalId void* #define XtPointer void* #define Widget void* #include "xscreensaver.h" #ifndef EPERM #include #endif #include /* for getpwnam() and struct passwd */ #include /* for getgrgid() and struct group */ static const char * uid_gid_string (uid_t uid, gid_t gid) { static char buf[255]; struct passwd *p = 0; struct group *g = 0; p = getpwuid (uid); g = getgrgid (gid); sprintf (buf, "%.100s/%.100s (%ld/%ld)", (p && p->pw_name ? p->pw_name : "???"), (g && g->gr_name ? g->gr_name : "???"), (long) uid, (long) gid); return buf; } void describe_uids (saver_info *si, FILE *out) { uid_t uid = getuid(); gid_t gid = getgid(); uid_t euid = geteuid(); gid_t egid = getegid(); char *s1 = strdup (uid_gid_string (uid, gid)); char *s2 = strdup (uid_gid_string (euid, egid)); if (si->orig_uid && *si->orig_uid && (!!strcmp (si->orig_uid, s1) || !!strcmp (si->orig_uid, s2))) fprintf (out, "%s: initial effective uid/gid was %s\n", blurb(), si->orig_uid); fprintf (out, "%s: running as %s", blurb(), s1); if (uid != euid || gid != egid) fprintf (out, "; effectively %s", s2); fprintf(out, "\n"); free(s1); free(s2); } /* Returns true if we need to call setgroups(). Without calling setgroups(), the process will retain any supplementary gids associated with the uid, e.g.: % groups root root : root bin daemon sys adm disk wheel However, setgroups() can only be called by root, and returns EPERM for other users even if the call would be a no-op (e.g., setting the group list to the current list.) So, to avoid that spurious error, before calling setgroups() we first check whether the current list of groups contains only one element, our target group. If so, we don't need to call setgroups(). */ static int setgroups_needed_p (uid_t target_group) { gid_t groups[1024]; int n, size; size = sizeof(groups) / sizeof(gid_t); n = getgroups (size - 1, groups); if (n < 0) { char buf [1024]; sprintf (buf, "%s: getgroups(%ld, ...)", blurb(), (long int)(size - 1)); perror (buf); return 1; } else if (n == 0) /* an empty list means only egid is in effect. */ return 0; else if (n == 1 && groups[0] == target_group) /* one element, the target */ return 0; else /* more than one, or the wrong one. */ return 1; } static int set_ids_by_number (uid_t uid, gid_t gid, char **message_ret) { int uid_errno = 0; int gid_errno = 0; int sgs_errno = 0; struct passwd *p = getpwuid (uid); struct group *g = getgrgid (gid); if (message_ret) *message_ret = 0; /* Rumor has it that some implementations of of setuid() do nothing when called with -1; therefore, if the "nobody" user has a uid of -1, then that would be Really Bad. Rumor further has it that such systems really ought to be using -2 for "nobody", since that works. So, if we get a uid (or gid, for good measure) of -1, switch to -2 instead. Note that this must be done after we've looked up the user/group names with getpwuid(-1) and/or getgrgid(-1). */ if (gid == (gid_t) -1) gid = (gid_t) -2; if (uid == (uid_t) -1) uid = (uid_t) -2; errno = 0; if (setgroups_needed_p (gid) && setgroups (1, &gid) < 0) sgs_errno = errno ? errno : -1; errno = 0; if (setgid (gid) != 0) gid_errno = errno ? errno : -1; errno = 0; if (setuid (uid) != 0) uid_errno = errno ? errno : -1; if (uid_errno == 0 && gid_errno == 0 && sgs_errno == 0) { static char buf [1024]; sprintf (buf, "changed uid/gid to %.100s/%.100s (%ld/%ld).", (p && p->pw_name ? p->pw_name : "???"), (g && g->gr_name ? g->gr_name : "???"), (long) uid, (long) gid); if (message_ret) *message_ret = buf; return 0; } else { char buf [1024]; gid_t groups[1024]; int n, size; if (sgs_errno) { sprintf (buf, "%s: couldn't setgroups to %.100s (%ld)", blurb(), (g && g->gr_name ? g->gr_name : "???"), (long) gid); if (sgs_errno == -1) fprintf(stderr, "%s: unknown error\n", buf); else { errno = sgs_errno; perror(buf); } fprintf (stderr, "%s: effective group list: ", blurb()); size = sizeof(groups) / sizeof(gid_t); n = getgroups (size - 1, groups); if (n < 0) fprintf (stderr, "unknown!\n"); else { int i; fprintf (stderr, "["); for (i = 0; i < n; i++) { g = getgrgid (groups[i]); if (i > 0) fprintf (stderr, ", "); if (g && g->gr_name) fprintf (stderr, "%s", g->gr_name); else fprintf (stderr, "%ld", (long) groups[i]); } fprintf (stderr, "]\n"); } } if (gid_errno) { sprintf (buf, "%s: couldn't set gid to %.100s (%ld)", blurb(), (g && g->gr_name ? g->gr_name : "???"), (long) gid); if (gid_errno == -1) fprintf(stderr, "%s: unknown error\n", buf); else { errno = gid_errno; perror(buf); } } if (uid_errno) { sprintf (buf, "%s: couldn't set uid to %.100s (%ld)", blurb(), (p && p->pw_name ? p->pw_name : "???"), (long) uid); if (uid_errno == -1) fprintf(stderr, "%s: unknown error\n", buf); else { errno = uid_errno; perror(buf); } } return -1; } } /* If we've been run as setuid or setgid to someone else (most likely root) turn off the extra permissions so that random user-specified programs don't get special privileges. (On some systems it is necessary to install this program as setuid root in order to read the passwd file to implement lock-mode.) *** WARNING: DO NOT DISABLE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CODE! If you do so, you will open a security hole. See the sections of the xscreensaver manual titled "LOCKING AND ROOT LOGINS", and "USING XDM". */ void hack_uid (saver_info *si) { /* Discard privileges, and set the effective user/group ids to the real user/group ids. That is, give up our "chmod +s" rights. */ { uid_t euid = geteuid(); gid_t egid = getegid(); uid_t uid = getuid(); gid_t gid = getgid(); si->orig_uid = strdup (uid_gid_string (euid, egid)); if (uid != euid || gid != egid) if (set_ids_by_number (uid, gid, &si->uid_message) != 0) saver_exit (si, 1, 0); } /* Locking can't work when running as root, because we have no way of knowing what the user id of the logged in user is (so we don't know whose password to prompt for.) *** WARNING: DO NOT DISABLE THIS CODE! If you do so, you will open a security hole. See the sections of the xscreensaver manual titled "LOCKING AND ROOT LOGINS", and "USING XDM". */ if (getuid() == (uid_t) 0) { si->locking_disabled_p = True; si->nolock_reason = "running as root"; } /* If we're running as root, switch to a safer user. This is above and beyond the fact that we've disabling locking, above -- the theory is that running graphics demos as root is just always a stupid thing to do, since they have probably never been security reviewed and are more likely to be buggy than just about any other kind of program. (And that assumes non-malicious code. There are also attacks here.) *** WARNING: DO NOT DISABLE THIS CODE! If you do so, you will open a security hole. See the sections of the xscreensaver manual titled "LOCKING AND ROOT LOGINS", and "USING XDM". */ if (getuid() == (uid_t) 0) { struct passwd *p; p = getpwnam ("nobody"); if (! p) p = getpwnam ("noaccess"); if (! p) p = getpwnam ("daemon"); if (! p) { fprintf (stderr, "%s: running as root, and couldn't find a safer uid.\n", blurb()); saver_exit(si, 1, 0); } if (set_ids_by_number (p->pw_uid, p->pw_gid, &si->uid_message) != 0) saver_exit (si, -1, 0); } /* If there's anything even remotely funny looking about the passwd struct, or if we're running as some other user from the list below (a non-comprehensive selection of users known to be privileged in some way, and not normal end-users) then disable locking. If it was possible, switching to "nobody" would be the thing to do, but only root itself has the privs to do that. *** WARNING: DO NOT DISABLE THIS CODE! If you do so, you will open a security hole. See the sections of the xscreensaver manual titled "LOCKING AND ROOT LOGINS", and "USING XDM". */ { uid_t uid = getuid (); /* get it again */ struct passwd *p = getpwuid (uid); /* get it again */ if (!p || uid == (uid_t) 0 || uid == (uid_t) -1 || uid == (uid_t) -2 || p->pw_uid == (uid_t) 0 || p->pw_uid == (uid_t) -1 || p->pw_uid == (uid_t) -2 || !p->pw_name || !*p->pw_name || !strcmp (p->pw_name, "root") || !strcmp (p->pw_name, "nobody") || !strcmp (p->pw_name, "noaccess") || !strcmp (p->pw_name, "operator") || !strcmp (p->pw_name, "daemon") || !strcmp (p->pw_name, "bin") || !strcmp (p->pw_name, "adm") || !strcmp (p->pw_name, "sys") || !strcmp (p->pw_name, "games")) { static char buf [1024]; sprintf (buf, "running as %.100s", (p && p->pw_name && *p->pw_name ? p->pw_name : "")); si->nolock_reason = buf; si->locking_disabled_p = True; si->dangerous_uid_p = True; } } }