xref: /freebsd/lib/libutil/_secure_path.c (revision cfd94da5e2835ef2354447cc91c3469ac5da912b)
1 /*-
2  * Based on code copyright (c) 1995,1997 by
3  * Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
4  * All rights reserved.
5  *
6  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
7  * modification, is permitted provided that the following conditions
8  * are met:
9  * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
10  *    notice immediately at the beginning of the file, without modification,
11  *    this list of conditions, and the following disclaimer.
12  * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
13  *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
14  *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
15  * 3. This work was done expressly for inclusion into FreeBSD.  Other use
16  *    is permitted provided this notation is included.
17  * 4. Absolutely no warranty of function or purpose is made by the authors.
18  * 5. Modifications may be freely made to this file providing the above
19  *    conditions are met.
20  *
21  *	$Id: _secure_path.c,v 1.1 1997/05/10 18:55:37 davidn Exp $
22  */
23 
24 
25 #include <sys/types.h>
26 #include <sys/stat.h>
27 #include <syslog.h>
28 #include <errno.h>
29 #include <libutil.h>
30 
31 /*
32  * Check for common security problems on a given path
33  * It must be:
34  * 1. A regular file, and exists
35  * 2. Owned and writaable only by root (or given owner)
36  * 3. Group ownership is given group or is non-group writable
37  *
38  * Returns:	-2 if file does not exist,
39  *		-1 if security test failure
40  *		0  otherwise
41  */
42 
43 int
44 _secure_path(const char *path, uid_t uid, gid_t gid)
45 {
46     int		r = -1;
47     struct stat	sb;
48     const char	*msg = NULL;
49 
50     if (lstat(path, &sb) < 0) {
51 	if (errno == ENOENT) /* special case */
52 	    r = -2;  /* if it is just missing, skip the log entry */
53 	else
54 	    msg = "%s: cannot stat %s: %m";
55     }
56     else if (!S_ISREG(sb.st_mode))
57     	msg = "%s: %s is not a regular file";
58     else if (sb.st_mode & S_IWOTH)
59     	msg = "%s: %s is world writable";
60     else if (uid != -1 && sb.st_uid != uid && sb.st_uid != 0) {
61     	if (uid == 0)
62     		msg = "%s: %s is not owned by root";
63     	else
64     		msg = "%s: %s is not owned by uid %d";
65     } else if (gid != -1 && sb.st_gid != gid && (sb.st_mode & S_IWGRP))
66     	msg = "%s: %s is group writeable by non-authorised groups";
67     else
68     	r = 0;
69     if (msg != NULL)
70 	syslog(LOG_ERR, msg, "_secure_path", path, uid);
71     return r;
72 }
73