[PATCH 2/3] util: virfile: Clarify setuid usage for virFileRemove

[Cole Robinson <crobinso@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Break these checks out into their own function, and clearly document
each one. This shouldn't change behavior
---
 src/util/virfile.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/util/virfile.c b/src/util/virfile.c
index f45e18f..cea2674 100644
--- a/src/util/virfile.c
+++ b/src/util/virfile.c
@@ -2314,6 +2314,32 @@ virFileOpenAs(const char *path, int openflags, mode_t mode,
 }
 
 
+/* virFileRemoveNeedsSetuid:
+ * @uid: file uid to check
+ * @gid: file gid to check
+ *
+ * Return true if we should use setuid/setgid before deleting a file
+ * owned by the passed uid/gid pair. Needed for NFS with root-squash
+ */
+static bool
+virFileRemoveNeedsSetuid(uid_t uid, gid_t gid)
+{
+    /* If running unprivileged, setuid isn't going to work */
+    if (geteuid() != 0)
+        return false;
+
+    /* uid/gid weren'd specified */
+    if ((uid == (uid_t) -1) && (gid == (gid_t) -1))
+        return false;
+
+    /* already running as proper uid/gid */
+    if (uid == geteuid() && gid == getegid())
+        return false;
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+
 /* virFileRemove:
  * @path: file to unlink or directory to remove
  * @uid: uid that was used to create the file (not required)
@@ -2335,12 +2361,7 @@ virFileRemove(const char *path,
     gid_t *groups;
     int ngroups;
 
-    /* If not running as root or if a non explicit uid/gid was being used for
-     * the file/volume or the explicit uid/gid matches, then use unlink directly
-     */
-    if ((geteuid() != 0) ||
-        ((uid == (uid_t) -1) && (gid == (gid_t) -1)) ||
-        (uid == geteuid() && gid == getegid())) {
+    if (!virFileRemoveNeedsSetuid(uid, gid)) {
         if (virFileIsDir(path))
             return rmdir(path);
         else
-- 
2.5.0

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