xref: /freebsd/crypto/openssh/uidswap.c (revision daf1cffce2e07931f27c6c6998652e90df6ba87e)
1 /*
2  * Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
3  * Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
4  *                    All rights reserved
5  * Created: Sat Sep  9 01:56:14 1995 ylo
6  * Code for uid-swapping.
7  */
8 
9 #include "includes.h"
10 RCSID("$Id: uidswap.c,v 1.5 1999/11/24 19:53:54 markus Exp $");
11 
12 #include "ssh.h"
13 #include "uidswap.h"
14 
15 /*
16  * Note: all these functions must work in all of the following cases:
17  *    1. euid=0, ruid=0
18  *    2. euid=0, ruid!=0
19  *    3. euid!=0, ruid!=0
20  * Additionally, they must work regardless of whether the system has
21  * POSIX saved uids or not.
22  */
23 
24 #ifdef _POSIX_SAVED_IDS
25 /* Lets assume that posix saved ids also work with seteuid, even though that
26    is not part of the posix specification. */
27 #define SAVED_IDS_WORK_WITH_SETEUID
28 #endif /* _POSIX_SAVED_IDS */
29 
30 /* Saved effective uid. */
31 static uid_t saved_euid = 0;
32 
33 /*
34  * Temporarily changes to the given uid.  If the effective user
35  * id is not root, this does nothing.  This call cannot be nested.
36  */
37 void
38 temporarily_use_uid(uid_t uid)
39 {
40 #ifdef SAVED_IDS_WORK_WITH_SETEUID
41 	/* Save the current euid. */
42 	saved_euid = geteuid();
43 
44 	/* Set the effective uid to the given (unprivileged) uid. */
45 	if (seteuid(uid) == -1)
46 		debug("seteuid %d: %.100s", (int) uid, strerror(errno));
47 #else /* SAVED_IDS_WORK_WITH_SETUID */
48 	/* Propagate the privileged uid to all of our uids. */
49 	if (setuid(geteuid()) < 0)
50 		debug("setuid %d: %.100s", (int) geteuid(), strerror(errno));
51 
52 	/* Set the effective uid to the given (unprivileged) uid. */
53 	if (seteuid(uid) == -1)
54 		debug("seteuid %d: %.100s", (int) uid, strerror(errno));
55 #endif /* SAVED_IDS_WORK_WITH_SETEUID */
56 }
57 
58 /*
59  * Restores to the original uid.
60  */
61 void
62 restore_uid()
63 {
64 #ifdef SAVED_IDS_WORK_WITH_SETEUID
65 	/* Set the effective uid back to the saved uid. */
66 	if (seteuid(saved_euid) < 0)
67 		debug("seteuid %d: %.100s", (int) saved_euid, strerror(errno));
68 #else /* SAVED_IDS_WORK_WITH_SETEUID */
69 	/*
70 	 * We are unable to restore the real uid to its unprivileged value.
71 	 * Propagate the real uid (usually more privileged) to effective uid
72 	 * as well.
73 	 */
74 	setuid(getuid());
75 #endif /* SAVED_IDS_WORK_WITH_SETEUID */
76 }
77 
78 /*
79  * Permanently sets all uids to the given uid.  This cannot be
80  * called while temporarily_use_uid is effective.
81  */
82 void
83 permanently_set_uid(uid_t uid)
84 {
85 	if (setuid(uid) < 0)
86 		debug("setuid %d: %.100s", (int) uid, strerror(errno));
87 }
88