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+/* Dropping uid/gid privileges of the current process temporarily.
+ Copyright (C) 2009-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+#include "idpriv.h"
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+/* The privileged uid and gid that the process had earlier. */
+#if HAVE_GETUID
+static int saved_uid = -1;
+#endif
+#if HAVE_GETGID
+static int saved_gid = -1;
+#endif
+
+int
+idpriv_temp_drop (void)
+{
+#if HAVE_GETEUID && HAVE_GETEGID && (HAVE_SETRESUID || HAVE_SETREUID) && (HAVE_SETRESGID || HAVE_SETREGID)
+ int uid = getuid ();
+ int gid = getgid ();
+
+ /* Find out about the privileged uid and gid at the first call. */
+ if (saved_uid == -1)
+ saved_uid = geteuid ();
+ if (saved_gid == -1)
+ saved_gid = getegid ();
+
+ /* Drop the gid privilege first, because in some cases the gid privilege
+ cannot be dropped after the uid privilege has been dropped. */
+
+ /* This is for executables that have the setgid bit set. */
+# if HAVE_SETRESGID /* glibc, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, HP-UX */
+ if (setresgid (-1, gid, saved_gid) < 0)
+ return -1;
+# else /* Mac OS X, NetBSD, AIX, IRIX, Solaris >= 2.5, OSF/1, Cygwin */
+ if (setregid (-1, gid) < 0)
+ return -1;
+# endif
+
+ /* This is for executables that have the setuid bit set. */
+# if HAVE_SETRESUID /* glibc, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, HP-UX */
+ /* See
+ Hao Chen, David Wagner, Drew Dean: Setuid Demystified
+ <https://www.usenix.org/legacy/publications/library/proceedings/sec02/full_papers/chen/chen.pdf>
+ figure 14. */
+ if (setresuid (-1, uid, saved_uid) < 0)
+ return -1;
+# else /* Mac OS X, NetBSD, AIX, IRIX, Solaris >= 2.5, OSF/1, Cygwin */
+ if (setreuid (-1, uid) < 0)
+ return -1;
+# endif
+
+ /* Verify that the privileges have really been dropped.
+ This verification is here for security reasons. Doesn't matter if it
+ takes a couple of system calls.
+ When the verification fails, it indicates that we need to use different
+ API in the code above. Therefore 'abort ()', not 'return -1'. */
+# if HAVE_GETRESUID /* glibc, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, HP-UX */
+ {
+ uid_t real;
+ uid_t effective;
+ uid_t saved;
+ if (getresuid (&real, &effective, &saved) < 0
+ || real != uid
+ || effective != uid
+ || saved != saved_uid)
+ abort ();
+ }
+# else
+# if HAVE_GETEUID
+ if (geteuid () != uid)
+ abort ();
+# endif
+ if (getuid () != uid)
+ abort ();
+# endif
+# if HAVE_GETRESGID /* glibc, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, HP-UX */
+ {
+ uid_t real;
+ uid_t effective;
+ uid_t saved;
+ if (getresgid (&real, &effective, &saved) < 0
+ || real != gid
+ || effective != gid
+ || saved != saved_gid)
+ abort ();
+ }
+# else
+# if HAVE_GETEGID
+ if (getegid () != gid)
+ abort ();
+# endif
+ if (getgid () != gid)
+ abort ();
+# endif
+
+ return 0;
+#else
+ errno = ENOSYS;
+ return -1;
+#endif
+}
+
+int
+idpriv_temp_restore (void)
+{
+#if HAVE_GETEUID && HAVE_GETEGID && (HAVE_SETRESUID || HAVE_SETREUID) && (HAVE_SETRESGID || HAVE_SETREGID)
+ int uid = getuid ();
+ int gid = getgid ();
+
+ if (saved_uid == -1 || saved_gid == -1)
+ /* Caller error: idpriv_temp_drop was never invoked. */
+ abort ();
+
+ /* Acquire the gid privilege last, because in some cases the gid privilege
+ cannot be acquired before the uid privilege has been acquired. */
+
+ /* This is for executables that have the setuid bit set. */
+# if HAVE_SETRESUID /* glibc, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, HP-UX */
+ /* See
+ Hao Chen, David Wagner, Drew Dean: Setuid Demystified
+ <https://www.usenix.org/legacy/publications/library/proceedings/sec02/full_papers/chen/chen.pdf>
+ figure 14. */
+ if (setresuid (-1, saved_uid, -1) < 0)
+ return -1;
+# else /* Mac OS X, NetBSD, AIX, IRIX, Solaris >= 2.5, OSF/1, Cygwin */
+ if (setreuid (-1, saved_uid) < 0)
+ return -1;
+# endif
+
+ /* This is for executables that have the setgid bit set. */
+# if HAVE_SETRESGID /* glibc, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, HP-UX */
+ if (setresgid (-1, saved_gid, -1) < 0)
+ return -1;
+# else /* Mac OS X, NetBSD, AIX, IRIX, Solaris >= 2.5, OSF/1, Cygwin */
+ if (setregid (-1, saved_gid) < 0)
+ return -1;
+# endif
+
+ /* Verify that the privileges have really been acquired.
+ This verification is here for security reasons. Doesn't matter if it
+ takes a couple of system calls.
+ When the verification fails, it indicates that we need to use different
+ API in the code above. Therefore 'abort ()', not 'return -1'. */
+# if HAVE_GETRESUID /* glibc, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, HP-UX */
+ {
+ uid_t real;
+ uid_t effective;
+ uid_t saved;
+ if (getresuid (&real, &effective, &saved) < 0
+ || real != uid
+ || effective != saved_uid
+ || saved != saved_uid)
+ abort ();
+ }
+# else
+# if HAVE_GETEUID
+ if (geteuid () != saved_uid)
+ abort ();
+# endif
+ if (getuid () != uid)
+ abort ();
+# endif
+# if HAVE_GETRESGID /* glibc, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, HP-UX */
+ {
+ uid_t real;
+ uid_t effective;
+ uid_t saved;
+ if (getresgid (&real, &effective, &saved) < 0
+ || real != gid
+ || effective != saved_gid
+ || saved != saved_gid)
+ abort ();
+ }
+# else
+# if HAVE_GETEGID
+ if (getegid () != saved_gid)
+ abort ();
+# endif
+ if (getgid () != gid)
+ abort ();
+# endif
+
+ return 0;
+#else
+ errno = ENOSYS;
+ return -1;
+#endif
+}