libsecurity_authorization/lib/trampolineServer.cpp

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  23
  24
  25 //
  26 // trampolineServer.cpp - tool-side trampoline support functions
  27 //
  28 #include <cstdlib>
  29 #include <unistd.h>
  30 #include <Security/Authorization.h>
  31 #include <Security/SecBase.h>
  32
  33 //
  34 // In a tool launched via AuthorizationCopyPrivilegedReference, retrieve a copy
  35 // of the AuthorizationRef that started it all.
  36 //
  37 OSStatus AuthorizationCopyPrivilegedReference(AuthorizationRef *authorization,
  38         AuthorizationFlags flags)
  39 {
  40         // flags are currently reserved
  41         if (flags != 0)
  42                 return errAuthorizationInvalidFlags;
  43
  44         // retrieve hex form of external form from environment
  45         const char *mboxFdText = getenv("__AUTHORIZATION");
  46         if (!mboxFdText)
  47                 return errAuthorizationInvalidRef;
  48
  49     // retrieve mailbox file and read external form
  50     AuthorizationExternalForm extForm;
  51     int fd;
  52     if (sscanf(mboxFdText, "auth %d", &fd) != 1)
  53         return errAuthorizationInvalidRef;
  54     if (lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET) ||
  55             read(fd, &extForm, sizeof(extForm)) != sizeof(extForm)) {
  56         close(fd);
  57         return errAuthorizationInvalidRef;
  58     }
  59
  60         // internalize the authorization
  61         AuthorizationRef auth;
  62         if (OSStatus error = AuthorizationCreateFromExternalForm(&extForm, &auth))
  63                 return error;
  64
  65         // well, here you go
  66         *authorization = auth;
  67         return errSecSuccess;
  68 }