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-rw-r--r--sysdeps/generic/libc-start.c43
2 files changed, 46 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 58705094e5..f939742f8d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
1999-07-09 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
+ * sysdeps/generic/libc-start.c: For SUID binaries check whether
+ the standard file descriptors are open.
+ Reported by Chris Evans <chris@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk>.
+
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscalls.list: Remove mmap64 alias for mmap.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mmap64.c: Test whether mapped area is in
range of mmap. If not fail.
diff --git a/sysdeps/generic/libc-start.c b/sysdeps/generic/libc-start.c
index c1a4c1e55f..191a1e017f 100644
--- a/sysdeps/generic/libc-start.c
+++ b/sysdeps/generic/libc-start.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -16,8 +16,12 @@
write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <paths.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <elf/ldsodefs.h>
extern void __libc_init_first (int argc, char **argv, char **envp);
@@ -27,6 +31,9 @@ weak_extern (_dl_starting_up)
extern int __libc_multiple_libcs;
extern void *__libc_stack_end;
+/* Prototype for local function. */
+static void check_standard_fds (void);
+
int
__libc_start_main (int (*main) (int, char **, char **), int argc,
char **argv, void (*init) (void), void (*fini) (void),
@@ -47,6 +54,11 @@ __libc_start_main (int (*main) (int, char **, char **), int argc,
/* Set the global _environ variable correctly. */
__environ = &argv[argc + 1];
+ /* Some security at this point. Prevent starting a SUID binary where
+ the standard file descriptors are not opened. */
+ if (__libc_enable_secure)
+ check_standard_fds ();
+
/* Register the destructor of the dynamic linker if there is any. */
if (rtld_fini != NULL)
atexit (rtld_fini);
@@ -77,3 +89,32 @@ __libc_start_main (int (*main) (int, char **, char **), int argc,
exit ((*main) (argc, argv, __environ));
}
+
+
+/* Should other OSes (e.g., Hurd) have different versions which can
+ be written in a better way? */
+static void
+check_one_fd (int fd, int mode)
+{
+ if (__fcntl (fd, F_GETFD) == -1 && errno == EBADF)
+ {
+ /* Something is wrong with this descriptor, it's probably not
+ opened. Open /dev/null so that the SUID program we are
+ about to start does not accidently use this descriptor. */
+ int nullfd = __open (_PATH_DEVNULL, mode);
+ if (nullfd == -1)
+ /* We cannot even given an error message here since it would
+ run into the same problems. */
+ abort ();
+ }
+}
+
+
+static void
+check_standard_fds (void)
+{
+/* Check all three standard file descriptors. */
+ check_one_fd (STDIN_FILENO, O_RDONLY);
+ check_one_fd (STDOUT_FILENO, O_RDWR);
+ check_one_fd (STDERR_FILENO, O_RDWR);
+}