From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>
To: passt-dev@passt.top
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 03/10] Consolidate determination of UID/GID to run as
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2022 22:43:31 +0200
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On Sat, 10 Sep 2022 17:15:41 +1000
David Gibson <david(a)gibson.dropbear.id.au> wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 09, 2022 at 04:33:47PM +0200, Stefano Brivio wrote:
> > Also mere nitpicking on this one:
> >=20
> > On Thu,  8 Sep 2022 13:59:00 +1000
> > David Gibson <david(a)gibson.dropbear.id.au> wrote:
> >  =20
> > > Currently the logic to work out what UID and GID we will run as is spre=
ad
> > > across conf().  If --runas is specified it's handled in conf_runas(),
> > > otherwise it's handled by check_root(), which depends on initialization=
 of
> > > the uid and gid variables by either conf() itself or conf_runas().
> > >=20
> > > Make this clearer by putting all the UID and GID logic into a single
> > > conf_ugid() function.
> > >=20
> > > Signed-off-by: David Gibson <david(a)gibson.dropbear.id.au>
> > > ---
> > >  conf.c | 81 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
> > >  util.c | 50 ------------------------------------
> > >  util.h |  1 -
> > >  3 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 59 deletions(-)
> > >=20
> > > diff --git a/conf.c b/conf.c
> > > index 545f61d..5c293b5 100644
> > > --- a/conf.c
> > > +++ b/conf.c
> > > @@ -1021,6 +1021,70 @@ static int conf_runas(const char *opt, unsigned =
int *uid, unsigned int *gid)
> > >  #endif /* !GLIBC_NO_STATIC_NSS */
> > >  }
> > > =20
> > > +/**
> > > + * conf_ugid() - Determine UID and GID to run as
> > > + * @runas:	--runas option, may be NULL
> > > + * @uid:	User ID, set on success
> > > + * @gid:	Group ID, set on success
> > > + *
> > > + * Return: 0 on success, negative error code on failure
> > > + */
> > > +static int conf_ugid(const char *runas, uid_t *uid, gid_t *gid)
> > > +{
> > > +	const char root_uid_map[] =3D "         0          0 4294967295";
> > > +	struct passwd *pw;
> > > +	char buf[BUFSIZ];
> > > +	int ret;
> > > +	int fd;
> > > +
> > > +	/* If user has specified --runas, that takes precedence */
> > > +	if (runas) {
> > > +		ret =3D conf_runas(runas, uid, gid);
> > > +		if (ret)
> > > +			err("Invalid --runas option: %s", runas);
> > > +		return ret;
> > > +	}
> > > +
> > > +	/* Otherwise default to current user and group.. */
> > > +	*uid =3D geteuid();
> > > +	*gid =3D getegid();
> > > +
> > > +	/* ..as long as it's not root.. */
> > > +	if (*uid)
> > > +		return 0;
> > > +
> > > +	/* ..or at least not root in the init namespace.. */
> > > +	if ((fd =3D open("/proc/self/uid_map", O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC)) < 0)
> > > +		return 0;
> > > +
> > > +	if (read(fd, buf, BUFSIZ) !=3D sizeof(root_uid_map) ||
> > > +	    strncmp(buf, root_uid_map, sizeof(root_uid_map) - 1)) {
> > > +		close(fd);
> > > +		return 0;
> > > +	}
> > > +
> > > +	close(fd);
> > > +
> > > +	/* ..otherwise use nobody:nobody */ =20
> >=20
> > I'd change all those comment to use ellipses (...) instead of "..". =20
>=20
> Ok, nit picked.
>=20
> > I think your comments here help a lot, by the way (and I couldn't find
> > a better way to check for UID 0 in non-init other than that hack). =20
>=20
> Right.  The extra complexity - both of code and of mental model - in
> going from "not UID 0" to "not UID 0 in the init namespace" is what
> makes me really wonder if this check is worth having.

I think it's desirable for two cases (rather important in my opinion):

- running passt with a further isolation implemented by a user
  namespace (e.g. with pasta). There it's not really practical to use a
  non-zero UID, and allowing to do this easily is a relevant security
  feature

- ...if I recall correctly (but I can't check right now) Podman does
  the same

--=20
Stefano


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