[Openvpn-devel] Retain CAP_NET_ADMIN when dropping privileges

Message ID 20220330150550.1489-1-timo@rothenpieler.org
State Superseded
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Series [Openvpn-devel] Retain CAP_NET_ADMIN when dropping privileges | expand

Commit Message

Timo Rothenpieler March 30, 2022, 4:05 a.m. UTC
---
 configure.ac                              | 18 ++++++
 distro/systemd/openvpn-client@.service.in |  2 +-
 distro/systemd/openvpn-server@.service.in |  2 +-
 src/openvpn/init.c                        | 25 ++++++-
 src/openvpn/platform.c                    | 79 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/openvpn/platform.h                    |  5 ++
 6 files changed, 127 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Patch

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7199483a..5832b62f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -794,6 +794,24 @@  dnl
 	esac
 fi
 
+dnl
+dnl Depend on libcap-ng on Linux
+dnl
+case "$host" in
+	*-*-linux*)
+		PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBCAPNG],
+				  [libcap-ng],
+				  [have_libcapng="yes"],
+				  [AC_MSG_ERROR([libcap-ng package not found. Is the development package and pkg-config installed?])]
+		)
+
+		CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} ${LIBCAPNG_CFALGS}"
+		LIBS="${LIBS} ${LIBCAPNG_LIBS}"
+		AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBCAPNG, 1, [Enable libcap-ng support])
+	;;
+esac
+
+
 if test "${with_crypto_library}" = "openssl"; then
 	AC_ARG_VAR([OPENSSL_CFLAGS], [C compiler flags for OpenSSL])
 	AC_ARG_VAR([OPENSSL_LIBS], [linker flags for OpenSSL])
diff --git a/distro/systemd/openvpn-client@.service.in b/distro/systemd/openvpn-client@.service.in
index cbcef653..159fb4dc 100644
--- a/distro/systemd/openvpn-client@.service.in
+++ b/distro/systemd/openvpn-client@.service.in
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@  Type=notify
 PrivateTmp=true
 WorkingDirectory=/etc/openvpn/client
 ExecStart=@sbindir@/openvpn --suppress-timestamps --nobind --config %i.conf
-CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_IPC_LOCK CAP_NET_ADMIN CAP_NET_RAW CAP_SETGID CAP_SETUID CAP_SYS_CHROOT CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE
+CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_IPC_LOCK CAP_NET_ADMIN CAP_NET_RAW CAP_SETGID CAP_SETUID CAP_SETPCAP CAP_SYS_CHROOT CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE
 LimitNPROC=10
 DeviceAllow=/dev/null rw
 DeviceAllow=/dev/net/tun rw
diff --git a/distro/systemd/openvpn-server@.service.in b/distro/systemd/openvpn-server@.service.in
index d1cc72cb..6e8e7d94 100644
--- a/distro/systemd/openvpn-server@.service.in
+++ b/distro/systemd/openvpn-server@.service.in
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@  Type=notify
 PrivateTmp=true
 WorkingDirectory=/etc/openvpn/server
 ExecStart=@sbindir@/openvpn --status %t/openvpn-server/status-%i.log --status-version 2 --suppress-timestamps --config %i.conf
-CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_IPC_LOCK CAP_NET_ADMIN CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE CAP_NET_RAW CAP_SETGID CAP_SETUID CAP_SYS_CHROOT CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE CAP_AUDIT_WRITE
+CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_IPC_LOCK CAP_NET_ADMIN CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE CAP_NET_RAW CAP_SETGID CAP_SETUID CAP_SETPCAP CAP_SYS_CHROOT CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE CAP_AUDIT_WRITE
 LimitNPROC=10
 DeviceAllow=/dev/null rw
 DeviceAllow=/dev/net/tun rw
diff --git a/src/openvpn/init.c b/src/openvpn/init.c
index 8818ba6f..705eb92e 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/init.c
+++ b/src/openvpn/init.c
@@ -1138,6 +1138,25 @@  possibly_become_daemon(const struct options *options)
     return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Determine if we need to retain process capabilities. DCO and SITNL need it.
+ * Enforce it for DCO, but only try and soft-fail for SITNL to keep backwards compat.
+ */
+static int
+get_need_keep_caps(struct context *c)
+{
+    if (dco_enabled(&c->options))
+    {
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+#ifdef ENABLE_SITNL
+    return -1;
+#else
+    return 0;
+#endif
+}
+
 /*
  * Actually do UID/GID downgrade, chroot and SELinux context switching, if requested.
  */
@@ -1167,8 +1186,10 @@  do_uid_gid_chroot(struct context *c, bool no_delay)
         {
             if (no_delay)
             {
-                platform_group_set(&c0->platform_state_group);
-                platform_user_set(&c0->platform_state_user);
+                int keep_caps = get_need_keep_caps(c);
+                platform_user_group_set(&c0->platform_state_user,
+                                        &c0->platform_state_group,
+                                        keep_caps);
             }
             else if (c->first_time)
             {
diff --git a/src/openvpn/platform.c b/src/openvpn/platform.c
index 450f28ba..e67844ad 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/platform.c
+++ b/src/openvpn/platform.c
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ 
 #include <direct.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCAPNG
+#include <cap-ng.h>
+#endif
+
 /* Redefine the top level directory of the filesystem
  * to restrict access to files for security */
 void
@@ -155,6 +159,81 @@  platform_group_set(const struct platform_state_group *state)
 #endif
 }
 
+void platform_user_group_set(const struct platform_state_user *user_state,
+                             const struct platform_state_group *group_state,
+                             int keep_caps)
+{
+    unsigned int err_flags = (keep_caps > 0) ? M_FATAL : M_NONFATAL;
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCAPNG
+    int new_gid = -1, new_uid = -1;
+    int res;
+
+    if (keep_caps == 0)
+    {
+        goto fallback;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * new_uid/new_gid defaults to -1, which will not make
+     * libcap-ng change the UID/GID unless configured
+     */
+    if (group_state->groupname && group_state->gr)
+    {
+        new_gid = group_state->gr->gr_gid;
+    }
+    if (user_state->username && user_state->pw)
+    {
+        new_uid = user_state->pw->pw_uid;
+    }
+
+    /* Prepare capabilities before dropping UID/GID */
+    capng_clear(CAPNG_SELECT_BOTH);
+    res = capng_update(CAPNG_ADD, CAPNG_EFFECTIVE | CAPNG_PERMITTED, CAP_NET_ADMIN);
+    if (res < 0)
+    {
+        msg(err_flags, "capng_update(CAP_NET_ADMIN) failed: %d", res);
+        goto fallback;
+    }
+
+    /* Change to new UID/GID */
+    res = capng_change_id(new_uid, new_gid, CAPNG_DROP_SUPP_GRP | CAPNG_CLEAR_BOUNDING);
+    if (res == -4 || res == -6)
+    {
+        msg(M_ERR, "capng_change_id('%s','%s') failed: %d",
+            user_state->username, group_state->groupname, res);
+    }
+    else if (res < 0)
+    {
+        msg(err_flags | M_ERRNO, "capng_change_id('%s','%s') failed retaining capabilities: %d",
+            user_state->username, group_state->groupname, res);
+        goto fallback;
+    }
+
+    if (new_uid >= 0)
+    {
+         msg(M_INFO, "UID set to %s", user_state->username);
+    }
+    if (new_gid >= 0)
+    {
+         msg(M_INFO, "GID set to %s", group_state->groupname);
+    }
+
+    msg(M_INFO, "Capabilities retained");
+
+    return;
+fallback:
+#endif  /* HAVE_LIBCAPNG */
+    if (keep_caps)
+    {
+        msg(err_flags, "Unable to retain capabilities");
+    }
+
+    platform_group_set(group_state);
+    platform_user_set(user_state);
+}
+
+
+
 /* Change process priority */
 void
 platform_nice(int niceval)
diff --git a/src/openvpn/platform.h b/src/openvpn/platform.h
index a3eec298..b163f093 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/platform.h
+++ b/src/openvpn/platform.h
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@  bool platform_group_get(const char *groupname, struct platform_state_group *stat
 
 void platform_group_set(const struct platform_state_group *state);
 
+void platform_user_group_set(const struct platform_state_user *user_state,
+                             const struct platform_state_group *group_state,
+                             int keep_caps);
+
+
 /*
  * Extract UID or GID
  */