[glib/glib-2-66: 3/4] gdbus: Use DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS if AT_SECURE but not setuid
- From: Simon McVittie <smcv src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [glib/glib-2-66: 3/4] gdbus: Use DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS if AT_SECURE but not setuid
- Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2021 12:07:52 +0000 (UTC)
commit 3f11992875e426066881661e1be7db725f1a59d3
Author: Simon McVittie <smcv collabora com>
Date: Tue Feb 2 20:52:03 2021 +0000
gdbus: Use DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS if AT_SECURE but not setuid
This is against my better judgement, but it's the least bad regression
fix I can think of. If we don't do this, at least gnome-keyring-daemon
(setcap) and msmtp (setgid) are known to regress.
Resolves: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2305
Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=981420
Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=981555
Signed-off-by: Simon McVittie <smcv collabora com>
gio/gdbusaddress.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/gio/gdbusaddress.c b/gio/gdbusaddress.c
index 897d2f1c1..0044cd3c6 100644
--- a/gio/gdbusaddress.c
+++ b/gio/gdbusaddress.c
@@ -1337,9 +1337,31 @@ g_dbus_address_get_for_bus_sync (GBusType bus_type,
case G_BUS_TYPE_SESSION:
if (has_elevated_privileges)
- ret = NULL;
+ {
+#ifdef G_OS_UNIX
+ if (geteuid () == getuid ())
+ {
+ /* Ideally we shouldn't do this, because setgid and
+ * filesystem capabilities are also elevated privileges
+ * with which we should not be trusting environment variables
+ * from the caller. Unfortunately, there are programs with
+ * elevated privileges that rely on the session bus being
+ * available. We already prevent the really dangerous
+ * transports like autolaunch: and unixexec: when our
+ * privileges are elevated, so this can only make us connect
+ * to the wrong AF_UNIX or TCP socket. */
+ ret = g_strdup (g_getenv ("DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS"));
+ }
+ else
+#endif
+ {
+ ret = NULL;
+ }
+ }
else
- ret = g_strdup (g_getenv ("DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS"));
+ {
+ ret = g_strdup (g_getenv ("DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS"));
+ }
if (ret == NULL)
{
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