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From c166890023f56388cb3482cff3def04171a488c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Heiko Schlittermann (HS12-RIPE)" <hs@schlittermann.de>
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2021 22:48:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 26/29] CVE-2020-28014, CVE-2021-27216: Arbitrary PID file
creation, clobbering, and deletion
Arbitrary PID file creation, clobbering, and deletion.
Patch provided by Qualys.
(cherry picked from commit 974f32939a922512b27d9f0a8a1cb5dec60e7d37)
(cherry picked from commit 43c6f0b83200b7082353c50187ef75de3704580a)
---
doc/ChangeLog | 5 +
src/daemon.c | 212 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
src/exim.c | 12 ++-
test/stderr/0433 | 24 +++++
4 files changed, 232 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -10,13 +10,18 @@ QS/02 PID file creation/deletion: only p
runtime user.
QS/01 Creation of (database) files in $spool_dir: only uid=0 or the euid of
the Exim runtime user are allowed to create files.
+QS/01 Creation of (database) files in $spool_dir: only uid=0 or the uid of
+ the Exim runtime user are allowed to create files.
HS/01 Handle trailing backslash gracefully. (CVE-2019-15846)
+QS/02 PID file creation/deletion: only possible if uid=0 or uid is the Exim
+ runtime user.
+
Since version 4.92
------------------
JH/06 Fix buggy handling of autoreply bounce_return_size_limit, and a possible
--- a/src/daemon.c
+++ b/src/daemon.c
@@ -886,10 +886,198 @@ while ((pid = waitpid(-1, &status, WNOHA
}
}
}
+static void
+set_pid_file_path(void)
+{
+if (override_pid_file_path)
+ pid_file_path = override_pid_file_path;
+
+if (!*pid_file_path)
+ pid_file_path = string_sprintf("%s/exim-daemon.pid", spool_directory);
+
+if (pid_file_path[0] != '/')
+ log_write(0, LOG_PANIC_DIE, "pid file path %s must be absolute\n", pid_file_path);
+}
+
+
+enum pid_op { PID_WRITE, PID_CHECK, PID_DELETE };
+
+/* Do various pid file operations as safe as possible. Ideally we'd just
+drop the privileges for creation of the pid file and not care at all about removal of
+the file. FIXME.
+Returns: true on success, false + errno==EACCES otherwise
+*/
+static BOOL
+operate_on_pid_file(const enum pid_op operation, const pid_t pid)
+{
+char pid_line[sizeof(int) * 3 + 2];
+const int pid_len = snprintf(pid_line, sizeof(pid_line), "%d\n", (int)pid);
+BOOL lines_match = FALSE;
+
+char * path = NULL;
+char * base = NULL;
+char * dir = NULL;
+
+const int dir_flags = O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK;
+const int base_flags = O_NOFOLLOW | O_NONBLOCK;
+const mode_t base_mode = 0644;
+struct stat sb;
+
+int cwd_fd = -1;
+int dir_fd = -1;
+int base_fd = -1;
+
+BOOL success = FALSE;
+errno = EACCES;
+
+set_pid_file_path();
+if (!f.running_in_test_harness && real_uid != root_uid && real_uid != exim_uid) goto cleanup;
+if (pid_len < 2 || pid_len >= (int)sizeof(pid_line)) goto cleanup;
+
+path = CS string_copy(pid_file_path);
+if ((base = Ustrrchr(path, '/')) == NULL) /* should not happen, but who knows */
+ log_write(0, LOG_MAIN|LOG_PANIC_DIE, "pid file path \"%s\" does not contain a '/'", pid_file_path);
+
+dir = (base != path) ? path : "/";
+*base++ = '\0';
+
+if (!dir || !*dir || *dir != '/') goto cleanup;
+if (!base || !*base || strchr(base, '/') != NULL) goto cleanup;
+
+cwd_fd = open(".", dir_flags);
+if (cwd_fd < 0 || fstat(cwd_fd, &sb) != 0 || !S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode)) goto cleanup;
+dir_fd = open(dir, dir_flags);
+if (dir_fd < 0 || fstat(dir_fd, &sb) != 0 || !S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode)) goto cleanup;
+
+/* emulate openat */
+if (fchdir(dir_fd) != 0) goto cleanup;
+base_fd = open(base, O_RDONLY | base_flags);
+if (fchdir(cwd_fd) != 0)
+ log_write(0, LOG_MAIN|LOG_PANIC_DIE, "can't return to previous working dir: %s", strerror(errno));
+
+if (base_fd >= 0)
+ {
+ char line[sizeof(pid_line)];
+ ssize_t len = -1;
+
+ if (fstat(base_fd, &sb) != 0 || !S_ISREG(sb.st_mode)) goto cleanup;
+ if ((sb.st_mode & 07777) != base_mode || sb.st_nlink != 1) goto cleanup;
+ if (sb.st_size < 2 || sb.st_size >= (off_t)sizeof(line)) goto cleanup;
+
+ len = read(base_fd, line, sizeof(line));
+ if (len != (ssize_t)sb.st_size) goto cleanup;
+ line[len] = '\0';
+
+ if (strspn(line, "0123456789") != (size_t)len-1) goto cleanup;
+ if (line[len-1] != '\n') goto cleanup;
+ lines_match = (len == pid_len && strcmp(line, pid_line) == 0);
+ }
+
+if (operation == PID_WRITE)
+ {
+ if (!lines_match)
+ {
+ if (base_fd >= 0)
+ {
+ int error = -1;
+ /* emulate unlinkat */
+ if (fchdir(dir_fd) != 0) goto cleanup;
+ error = unlink(base);
+ if (fchdir(cwd_fd) != 0)
+ log_write(0, LOG_MAIN|LOG_PANIC_DIE, "can't return to previous working dir: %s", strerror(errno));
+ if (error) goto cleanup;
+ (void)close(base_fd);
+ base_fd = -1;
+ }
+ /* emulate openat */
+ if (fchdir(dir_fd) != 0) goto cleanup;
+ base_fd = open(base, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_EXCL | base_flags, base_mode);
+ if (fchdir(cwd_fd) != 0)
+ log_write(0, LOG_MAIN|LOG_PANIC_DIE, "can't return to previous working dir: %s", strerror(errno));
+ if (base_fd < 0) goto cleanup;
+ if (fchmod(base_fd, base_mode) != 0) goto cleanup;
+ if (write(base_fd, pid_line, pid_len) != pid_len) goto cleanup;
+ DEBUG(D_any) debug_printf("pid written to %s\n", pid_file_path);
+ }
+ }
+else
+ {
+ if (!lines_match) goto cleanup;
+ if (operation == PID_DELETE)
+ {
+ int error = -1;
+ /* emulate unlinkat */
+ if (fchdir(dir_fd) != 0) goto cleanup;
+ error = unlink(base);
+ if (fchdir(cwd_fd) != 0)
+ log_write(0, LOG_MAIN|LOG_PANIC_DIE, "can't return to previous working dir: %s", strerror(errno));
+ if (error) goto cleanup;
+ }
+ }
+
+success = TRUE;
+errno = 0;
+
+cleanup:
+if (cwd_fd >= 0) (void)close(cwd_fd);
+if (dir_fd >= 0) (void)close(dir_fd);
+if (base_fd >= 0) (void)close(base_fd);
+return success;
+}
+
+
+/* Remove the daemon's pidfile. Note: runs with root privilege,
+as a direct child of the daemon. Does not return. */
+
+void
+delete_pid_file(void)
+{
+const BOOL success = operate_on_pid_file(PID_DELETE, getppid());
+
+DEBUG(D_any)
+ debug_printf("delete pid file %s %s: %s\n", pid_file_path,
+ success ? "success" : "failure", strerror(errno));
+
+exim_exit(EXIT_SUCCESS, US"");
+}
+
+
+/* Called by the daemon; exec a child to get the pid file deleted
+since we may require privs for the containing directory */
+
+static void
+daemon_die(void)
+{
+int pid;
+
+DEBUG(D_any) debug_printf("SIGTERM/SIGINT seen\n");
+#if defined(SUPPORT_TLS) && (defined(EXIM_HAVE_INOTIFY) || defined(EXIM_HAVE_KEVENT))
+tls_watch_invalidate();
+#endif
+
+if (f.running_in_test_harness || write_pid)
+ {
+ if ((pid = fork()) == 0)
+ {
+ if (override_pid_file_path)
+ (void)child_exec_exim(CEE_EXEC_PANIC, FALSE, NULL, FALSE, 3,
+ "-oP", override_pid_file_path, "-oPX");
+ else
+ (void)child_exec_exim(CEE_EXEC_PANIC, FALSE, NULL, FALSE, 1, "-oPX");
+
+ /* Control never returns here. */
+ }
+ if (pid > 0)
+ child_close(pid, 1);
+ }
+exim_exit(EXIT_SUCCESS, US"");
+}
+
+
/*************************************************
* Exim Daemon Mainline *
*************************************************/
@@ -1538,32 +1726,18 @@ automatically. Consequently, Exim 4 writ
The variable daemon_write_pid is used to control this. */
if (f.running_in_test_harness || write_pid)
{
- FILE *f;
-
- if (override_pid_file_path)
- pid_file_path = override_pid_file_path;
-
- if (pid_file_path[0] == 0)
- pid_file_path = string_sprintf("%s/exim-daemon.pid", spool_directory);
-
- if ((f = modefopen(pid_file_path, "wb", 0644)))
- {
- (void)fprintf(f, "%d\n", (int)getpid());
- (void)fclose(f);
- DEBUG(D_any) debug_printf("pid written to %s\n", pid_file_path);
- }
- else
- DEBUG(D_any)
- debug_printf("%s\n", string_open_failed(errno, "pid file %s",
- pid_file_path));
+ const enum pid_op operation = (f.running_in_test_harness
+ || real_uid == root_uid
+ || (real_uid == exim_uid && !override_pid_file_path)) ? PID_WRITE : PID_CHECK;
+ if (!operate_on_pid_file(operation, getpid()))
+ DEBUG(D_any) debug_printf("%s pid file %s: %s\n", (operation == PID_WRITE) ? "write" : "check", pid_file_path, strerror(errno));
}
/* Set up the handler for SIGHUP, which causes a restart of the daemon. */
-
sighup_seen = FALSE;
signal(SIGHUP, sighup_handler);
/* Give up root privilege at this point (assuming that exim_uid and exim_gid
are not root). The third argument controls the running of initgroups().
--- a/src/exim.c
+++ b/src/exim.c
@@ -3042,12 +3042,20 @@ for (i = 1; i < argc; i++)
else if (Ustrcmp(argrest, "o") == 0) {}
/* -oP <name>: set pid file path for daemon */
- else if (Ustrcmp(argrest, "P") == 0)
- override_pid_file_path = argv[++i];
+ else if (*argrest == 'P')
+ {
+ if (!f.running_in_test_harness && real_uid != root_uid && real_uid != exim_uid)
+ exim_fail("exim: only uid=%d or uid=%d can use -oP and -oPX "
+ "(uid=%d euid=%d | %d)\n",
+ root_uid, exim_uid, getuid(), geteuid(), real_uid);
+ if (Ustrcmp(argrest, "P") == 0) override_pid_file_path = argv[++i];
+ else if (Ustrcmp(argrest, "PX") == 0) delete_pid_file();
+ else badarg = TRUE;
+ }
/* -or <n>: set timeout for non-SMTP acceptance
-os <n>: set timeout for SMTP acceptance */
else if (*argrest == 'r' || *argrest == 's')
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