+ /*}}}*/
+bool DropPrivileges() /*{{{*/
+{
+ if(_config->FindB("Debug::NoDropPrivs", false) == true)
+ return true;
+
+#if __gnu_linux__
+#if defined(PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS) && ( PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS != 38 )
+#error "PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS is defined, but with a different value than expected!"
+#endif
+ // see prctl(2), needs linux3.5 at runtime - magic constant to avoid it at buildtime
+ int ret = prctl(38, 1, 0, 0, 0);
+ // ignore EINVAL - kernel is too old to understand the option
+ if(ret < 0 && errno != EINVAL)
+ _error->Warning("PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS failed with %i", ret);
+#endif
+
+ // empty setting disables privilege dropping - this also ensures
+ // backward compatibility, see bug #764506
+ const std::string toUser = _config->Find("APT::Sandbox::User");
+ if (toUser.empty())
+ return true;
+
+ // uid will be 0 in the end, but gid might be different anyway
+ uid_t const old_uid = getuid();
+ gid_t const old_gid = getgid();
+
+ if (old_uid != 0)
+ return true;
+
+ struct passwd *pw = getpwnam(toUser.c_str());
+ if (pw == NULL)
+ return _error->Error("No user %s, can not drop rights", toUser.c_str());
+
+ // Do not change the order here, it might break things
+ if (setgroups(1, &pw->pw_gid))
+ return _error->Errno("setgroups", "Failed to setgroups");
+
+ if (setegid(pw->pw_gid) != 0)
+ return _error->Errno("setegid", "Failed to setegid");
+
+ if (setgid(pw->pw_gid) != 0)
+ return _error->Errno("setgid", "Failed to setgid");
+
+ if (setuid(pw->pw_uid) != 0)
+ return _error->Errno("setuid", "Failed to setuid");
+
+ // the seteuid() is probably uneeded (at least thats what the linux
+ // man-page says about setuid(2)) but we cargo culted it anyway
+ if (seteuid(pw->pw_uid) != 0)
+ return _error->Errno("seteuid", "Failed to seteuid");
+
+ // Verify that the user has only a single group, and the correct one
+ gid_t groups[1];
+ if (getgroups(1, groups) != 1)
+ return _error->Errno("getgroups", "Could not get new groups");
+ if (groups[0] != pw->pw_gid)
+ return _error->Error("Could not switch group");
+
+ // Verify that gid, egid, uid, and euid changed
+ if (getgid() != pw->pw_gid)
+ return _error->Error("Could not switch group");
+ if (getegid() != pw->pw_gid)
+ return _error->Error("Could not switch effective group");
+ if (getuid() != pw->pw_uid)
+ return _error->Error("Could not switch user");
+ if (geteuid() != pw->pw_uid)
+ return _error->Error("Could not switch effective user");
+
+#ifdef HAVE_GETRESUID
+ // verify that the saved set-user-id was changed as well
+ uid_t ruid = 0;
+ uid_t euid = 0;
+ uid_t suid = 0;
+ if (getresuid(&ruid, &euid, &suid))
+ return _error->Errno("getresuid", "Could not get saved set-user-ID");
+ if (suid != pw->pw_uid)
+ return _error->Error("Could not switch saved set-user-ID");
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_GETRESGID
+ // verify that the saved set-group-id was changed as well
+ gid_t rgid = 0;
+ gid_t egid = 0;
+ gid_t sgid = 0;
+ if (getresgid(&rgid, &egid, &sgid))
+ return _error->Errno("getresuid", "Could not get saved set-group-ID");
+ if (sgid != pw->pw_gid)
+ return _error->Error("Could not switch saved set-group-ID");
+#endif
+
+ // Check that uid and gid changes do not work anymore
+ if (pw->pw_gid != old_gid && (setgid(old_gid) != -1 || setegid(old_gid) != -1))
+ return _error->Error("Could restore a gid to root, privilege dropping did not work");
+
+ if (pw->pw_uid != old_uid && (setuid(old_uid) != -1 || seteuid(old_uid) != -1))
+ return _error->Error("Could restore a uid to root, privilege dropping did not work");
+
+ return true;
+}
+ /*}}}*/