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-/*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 1991 - 1994, Julianne Frances Haugh
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 - 2011, Nicolas François
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014, Red Hat, Inc.
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
- */
-
-#include <config.h>
-
-#include <assert.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-
-#include "prototypes.h"
-#include "pwio.h"
-#include "getdef.h"
-#include "shadowlog.h"
-
-/*
- * get_ranges - Get the minimum and maximum ID ranges for the search
- *
- * This function will return the minimum and maximum ranges for IDs
- *
- * 0: The function completed successfully
- * EINVAL: The provided ranges are impossible (such as maximum < minimum)
- *
- * preferred_min: The special-case minimum value for a specifically-
- * requested ID, which may be lower than the standard min_id
- */
-static int get_ranges (bool sys_user, uid_t *min_id, uid_t *max_id,
- uid_t *preferred_min)
-{
- uid_t uid_def_max = 0;
-
- if (sys_user) {
- /* System users */
-
- /* A requested ID is allowed to be below the autoselect range */
- *preferred_min = (uid_t) 1;
-
- /* Get the minimum ID range from login.defs or default to 101 */
- *min_id = (uid_t) getdef_ulong ("SYS_UID_MIN", 101UL);
-
- /*
- * If SYS_UID_MAX is unspecified, we should assume it to be one
- * less than the UID_MIN (which is reserved for non-system accounts)
- */
- uid_def_max = (uid_t) getdef_ulong ("UID_MIN", 1000UL) - 1;
- *max_id = (uid_t) getdef_ulong ("SYS_UID_MAX",
- (unsigned long) uid_def_max);
-
- /* Check that the ranges make sense */
- if (*max_id < *min_id) {
- (void) fprintf (log_get_logfd(),
- _("%s: Invalid configuration: SYS_UID_MIN (%lu), "
- "UID_MIN (%lu), SYS_UID_MAX (%lu)\n"),
- log_get_progname(), (unsigned long) *min_id,
- getdef_ulong ("UID_MIN", 1000UL),
- (unsigned long) *max_id);
- return EINVAL;
- }
- /*
- * Zero is reserved for root and the allocation algorithm does not
- * work right with it.
- */
- if (*min_id == 0) {
- *min_id = (uid_t) 1;
- }
- } else {
- /* Non-system users */
-
- /* Get the values from login.defs or use reasonable defaults */
- *min_id = (uid_t) getdef_ulong ("UID_MIN", 1000UL);
- *max_id = (uid_t) getdef_ulong ("UID_MAX", 60000UL);
-
- /*
- * The preferred minimum should match the standard ID minimum
- * for non-system users.
- */
- *preferred_min = *min_id;
-
- /* Check that the ranges make sense */
- if (*max_id < *min_id) {
- (void) fprintf (log_get_logfd(),
- _("%s: Invalid configuration: UID_MIN (%lu), "
- "UID_MAX (%lu)\n"),
- log_get_progname(), (unsigned long) *min_id,
- (unsigned long) *max_id);
- return EINVAL;
- }
- }
-
- return 0;
-}
-
-/*
- * check_uid - See if the requested UID is available
- *
- * On success, return 0
- * If the ID is in use, return EEXIST
- * If the ID is outside the range, return ERANGE
- * In other cases, return errno from getpwuid()
- */
-static int check_uid(const uid_t uid,
- const uid_t uid_min,
- const uid_t uid_max,
- const bool *used_uids)
-{
- /* First test that the preferred ID is in the range */
- if (uid < uid_min || uid > uid_max) {
- return ERANGE;
- }
-
- /*
- * Check whether we already detected this UID
- * using the pw_next() loop
- */
- if (used_uids != NULL && used_uids[uid]) {
- return EEXIST;
- }
- /* Check if the UID exists according to NSS */
- errno = 0;
- if (prefix_getpwuid(uid) != NULL) {
- return EEXIST;
- } else {
- /* getpwuid() was NULL
- * we have to ignore errors as temporary
- * failures of remote user identity services
- * would completely block user/group creation
- */
- }
-
- /* If we've made it here, the UID must be available */
- return 0;
-}
-
-/*
- * find_new_uid - Find a new unused UID.
- *
- * If successful, find_new_uid provides an unused user ID in the
- * [UID_MIN:UID_MAX] range.
- * This ID should be higher than all the used UID, but if not possible,
- * the lowest unused ID in the range will be returned.
- *
- * Return 0 on success, -1 if no unused UIDs are available.
- */
-int find_new_uid(bool sys_user,
- uid_t *uid,
- /*@null@*/uid_t const *preferred_uid)
-{
- bool *used_uids;
- const struct passwd *pwd;
- uid_t uid_min, uid_max, preferred_min;
- uid_t id;
- uid_t lowest_found, highest_found;
- int result;
- int nospam = 0;
-
- assert (uid != NULL);
-
- /*
- * First, figure out what ID range is appropriate for
- * automatic assignment
- */
- result = get_ranges (sys_user, &uid_min, &uid_max, &preferred_min);
- if (result == EINVAL) {
- return -1;
- }
-
- /* Check if the preferred UID is available */
- if (preferred_uid) {
- result = check_uid (*preferred_uid, preferred_min, uid_max, NULL);
- if (result == 0) {
- /*
- * Make sure the UID isn't queued for use already
- */
- if (pw_locate_uid (*preferred_uid) == NULL) {
- *uid = *preferred_uid;
- return 0;
- }
- /*
- * pw_locate_uid() found the UID in an as-yet uncommitted
- * entry. We'll proceed below and auto-set an UID.
- */
- } else if (result == EEXIST || result == ERANGE) {
- /*
- * Continue on below. At this time, we won't
- * treat these two cases differently.
- */
- } else {
- /*
- * An unexpected error occurred. We should report
- * this and fail the user creation.
- * This differs from the automatic creation
- * behavior below, since if a specific UID was
- * requested and generated an error, the user is
- * more likely to want to stop and address the
- * issue.
- */
- fprintf (log_get_logfd(),
- _("%s: Encountered error attempting to use "
- "preferred UID: %s\n"),
- log_get_progname(), strerror (result));
- return -1;
- }
- }
-
- /*
- * Search the entire passwd file,
- * looking for the next unused value.
- *
- * We first check the local database with pw_rewind/pw_next to find
- * all local values that are in use.
- *
- * We then compare the next free value to all databases (local and
- * remote) and iterate until we find a free one. If there are free
- * values beyond the lowest (system users) or highest (non-system
- * users), we will prefer those and avoid potentially reclaiming a
- * deleted user (which can be a security issue, since it may grant
- * access to files belonging to that former user).
- *
- * If there are no UIDs available at the end of the search, we will
- * have no choice but to iterate through the range looking for gaps.
- *
- */
-
- /* Create an array to hold all of the discovered UIDs */
- used_uids = malloc (sizeof (bool) * (uid_max +1));
- if (NULL == used_uids) {
- fprintf (log_get_logfd(),
- _("%s: failed to allocate memory: %s\n"),
- log_get_progname(), strerror (errno));
- return -1;
- }
- memset (used_uids, false, sizeof (bool) * (uid_max + 1));
-
- /* First look for the lowest and highest value in the local database */
- (void) pw_rewind ();
- highest_found = uid_min;
- lowest_found = uid_max;
- while ((pwd = pw_next ()) != NULL) {
- /*
- * Does this entry have a lower UID than the lowest we've found
- * so far?
- */
- if ((pwd->pw_uid <= lowest_found) && (pwd->pw_uid >= uid_min)) {
- lowest_found = pwd->pw_uid - 1;
- }
-
- /*
- * Does this entry have a higher UID than the highest we've found
- * so far?
- */
- if ((pwd->pw_uid >= highest_found) && (pwd->pw_uid <= uid_max)) {
- highest_found = pwd->pw_uid + 1;
- }
-
- /* create index of used UIDs */
- if (pwd->pw_uid >= uid_min
- && pwd->pw_uid <= uid_max) {
-
- used_uids[pwd->pw_uid] = true;
- }
- }
-
- if (sys_user) {
- /*
- * For system users, we want to start from the
- * top of the range and work downwards.
- */
-
- /*
- * At the conclusion of the pw_next() search, we will either
- * have a presumed-free UID or we will be at UID_MIN - 1.
- */
- if (lowest_found < uid_min) {
- /*
- * In this case, an UID is in use at UID_MIN.
- *
- * We will reset the search to UID_MAX and proceed down
- * through all the UIDs (skipping those we detected with
- * used_uids) for a free one. It is a known issue that
- * this may result in reusing a previously-deleted UID,
- * so administrators should be instructed to use this
- * auto-detection with care (and prefer to assign UIDs
- * explicitly).
- */
- lowest_found = uid_max;
- }
-
- /* Search through all of the IDs in the range */
- for (id = lowest_found; id >= uid_min; id--) {
- result = check_uid (id, uid_min, uid_max, used_uids);
- if (result == 0) {
- /* This UID is available. Return it. */
- *uid = id;
- free (used_uids);
- return 0;
- } else if (result == EEXIST) {
- /* This UID is in use, we'll continue to the next */
- } else {
- /*
- * An unexpected error occurred.
- *
- * Only report it the first time to avoid spamming
- * the logs
- *
- */
- if (!nospam) {
- fprintf (log_get_logfd(),
- _("%s: Can't get unique system UID (%s). "
- "Suppressing additional messages.\n"),
- log_get_progname(), strerror (result));
- SYSLOG ((LOG_ERR,
- "Error checking available UIDs: %s",
- strerror (result)));
- nospam = 1;
- }
- /*
- * We will continue anyway. Hopefully a later UID
- * will work properly.
- */
- }
- }
-
- /*
- * If we get all the way through the loop, try again from UID_MAX,
- * unless that was where we previously started. (NOTE: the worst-case
- * scenario here is that we will run through (UID_MAX - UID_MIN - 1)
- * cycles *again* if we fall into this case with lowest_found as
- * UID_MAX - 1, all users in the range in use and maintained by
- * network services such as LDAP.)
- */
- if (lowest_found != uid_max) {
- for (id = uid_max; id >= uid_min; id--) {
- result = check_uid (id, uid_min, uid_max, used_uids);
- if (result == 0) {
- /* This UID is available. Return it. */
- *uid = id;
- free (used_uids);
- return 0;
- } else if (result == EEXIST) {
- /* This UID is in use, we'll continue to the next */
- } else {
- /*
- * An unexpected error occurred.
- *
- * Only report it the first time to avoid spamming
- * the logs
- *
- */
- if (!nospam) {
- fprintf (log_get_logfd(),
- _("%s: Can't get unique system UID (%s). "
- "Suppressing additional messages.\n"),
- log_get_progname(), strerror (result));
- SYSLOG((LOG_ERR,
- "Error checking available UIDs: %s",
- strerror (result)));
- nospam = 1;
- }
- /*
- * We will continue anyway. Hopefully a later UID
- * will work properly.
- */
- }
- }
- }
- } else { /* !sys_user */
- /*
- * For non-system users, we want to start from the
- * bottom of the range and work upwards.
- */
-
- /*
- * At the conclusion of the pw_next() search, we will either
- * have a presumed-free UID or we will be at UID_MAX + 1.
- */
- if (highest_found > uid_max) {
- /*
- * In this case, a UID is in use at UID_MAX.
- *
- * We will reset the search to UID_MIN and proceed up
- * through all the UIDs (skipping those we detected with
- * used_uids) for a free one. It is a known issue that
- * this may result in reusing a previously-deleted UID,
- * so administrators should be instructed to use this
- * auto-detection with care (and prefer to assign UIDs
- * explicitly).
- */
- highest_found = uid_min;
- }
-
- /* Search through all of the IDs in the range */
- for (id = highest_found; id <= uid_max; id++) {
- result = check_uid (id, uid_min, uid_max, used_uids);
- if (result == 0) {
- /* This UID is available. Return it. */
- *uid = id;
- free (used_uids);
- return 0;
- } else if (result == EEXIST) {
- /* This UID is in use, we'll continue to the next */
- } else {
- /*
- * An unexpected error occurred.
- *
- * Only report it the first time to avoid spamming
- * the logs
- *
- */
- if (!nospam) {
- fprintf (log_get_logfd(),
- _("%s: Can't get unique UID (%s). "
- "Suppressing additional messages.\n"),
- log_get_progname(), strerror (result));
- SYSLOG ((LOG_ERR,
- "Error checking available UIDs: %s",
- strerror (result)));
- nospam = 1;
- }
- /*
- * We will continue anyway. Hopefully a later UID
- * will work properly.
- */
- }
- }
-
- /*
- * If we get all the way through the loop, try again from UID_MIN,
- * unless that was where we previously started. (NOTE: the worst-case
- * scenario here is that we will run through (UID_MAX - UID_MIN - 1)
- * cycles *again* if we fall into this case with highest_found as
- * UID_MIN + 1, all users in the range in use and maintained by
- * network services such as LDAP.)
- */
- if (highest_found != uid_min) {
- for (id = uid_min; id <= uid_max; id++) {
- result = check_uid (id, uid_min, uid_max, used_uids);
- if (result == 0) {
- /* This UID is available. Return it. */
- *uid = id;
- free (used_uids);
- return 0;
- } else if (result == EEXIST) {
- /* This UID is in use, we'll continue to the next */
- } else {
- /*
- * An unexpected error occurred.
- *
- * Only report it the first time to avoid spamming
- * the logs
- *
- */
- if (!nospam) {
- fprintf (log_get_logfd(),
- _("%s: Can't get unique UID (%s). "
- "Suppressing additional messages.\n"),
- log_get_progname(), strerror (result));
- SYSLOG ((LOG_ERR,
- "Error checking available UIDs: %s",
- strerror (result)));
- nospam = 1;
- }
- /*
- * We will continue anyway. Hopefully a later UID
- * will work properly.
- */
- }
- }
- }
- }
-
- /* The code reached here and found no available IDs in the range */
- fprintf (log_get_logfd(),
- _("%s: Can't get unique UID (no more available UIDs)\n"),
- log_get_progname());
- SYSLOG ((LOG_WARN, "no more available UIDs on the system"));
- free (used_uids);
- return -1;
-}
-