/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */ /* * Mini getpty implementation for busybox * Bjorn Wesen, Axis Communications AB (bjornw@axis.com) * * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this source tree. */ #include "libbb.h" #define DEBUG 0 // On modern systems (old ways were more kludgy with setuid "pt_chown" binary): // ptyfd = open("/dev/ptmx"): // Kernel creates slave /dev/pts/N with owner = real UID of opener, // group and mode as configured by /dev/pts mount options. // The mode is safe with standard mount options (gid=5,mode=620). // // grantpt(ptyfd) is now only a verification step. In glibc: // Calls ioctl(fd, TIOCGPTN, &minor) to confirm ptyfd is valid master pty. // If ioctl fails with ENOTTY, remaps to EINVAL (POSIX). // Otherwise returns 0. (No chown/chmod occurs.) // // unlockpt(ptyfd) is ioctl(TIOCSPTLCK, 0): clears optional protection flag // on slave. If flag was set, open(slave) fails with EIO for everyone (even root) // until unlocked. [Do modern kernels still set the lock in open("/dev/ptmx")?] // The lock historically prevented opening slave before grantpt() fixes perms // in misconfigured/old setups where kernel didn't set 0620 atomically. // Today it's mostly belt-and-suspenders + POSIX compatibility. // // The attack thwarted by the lock (assuming unprivileged adversary): // you open /dev/ptmx, kernel allocates /dev/pts/N with overly permissive mode. // Adversary manages to open /dev/pts/N before your grantpt() call // locks down permissions. // Typically, /dev/pts mount options are gid=5,mode=620, 5 = "tty" group, // system is set up with only trusted binaries and no users in "tty" group. // In this case, the locking mechanism is overkill (would be safe without it). // To fortify more, you can mount with gid=0,mode=600. Tools like "wall", // "mesg" would stop working. // Processes with my own UID can still race against me, but I probably // trust myself... // // ptsname(ptyfd), internally ioctl(TIOCGPTN): get index, build // "/dev/pts/NN" string which refers to the slave pty. int FAST_FUNC xgetpty(char *line) { #if ENABLE_FEATURE_DEVPTS int ptyfd; ptyfd = open("/dev/ptmx", O_RDWR); if (ptyfd < 0) bb_simple_perror_msg_and_die("can't find free pty"); grantpt(ptyfd); /* chmod+chown corresponding slave pty */ unlockpt(ptyfd); /* allow open() on slave /dev node */ # ifndef HAVE_PTSNAME_R { const char *name; name = ptsname(ptyfd); /* find out the name of slave pty */ if (!name) { bb_simple_perror_msg_and_die("ptsname error (is /dev/pts mounted?)"); } safe_strncpy(line, name, GETPTY_BUFSIZE); } # else /* find out the name of slave pty */ if (ptsname_r(ptyfd, line, GETPTY_BUFSIZE-1) != 0) { bb_simple_perror_msg_and_die("ptsname error (is /dev/pts mounted?)"); } line[GETPTY_BUFSIZE-1] = '\0'; # endif return ptyfd; #else struct stat stb; int ptyfd; int i; int j; strcpy(line, "/dev/ptyXX"); for (i = 0; i < 16; i++) { line[8] = "pqrstuvwxyzabcde"[i]; line[9] = '0'; if (stat(line, &stb) < 0) { continue; } for (j = 0; j < 16; j++) { line[9] = j < 10 ? j + '0' : j - 10 + 'a'; if (DEBUG) fprintf(stderr, "Trying to open device: %s\n", line); ptyfd = open(line, O_RDWR | O_NOCTTY); if (ptyfd >= 0) { line[5] = 't'; return ptyfd; } } } bb_simple_error_msg_and_die("can't find free pty"); #endif /* FEATURE_DEVPTS */ }