As RPC is primarily a network service it is best, on Linux, to use
network namespaces to isolate it. However contacting rpcbind via an
AF_UNIX socket allows escape from the network namespace.
If clients could use an abstract address, that would ensure clients
contact an rpcbind in the same network namespace.
systemd can pass in a listening abstract socket by providing an '@'
prefix. However with libtirpc 1.3.3 or earlier attempting this will
fail as the library mistakenly determines that the socket is not bound.
This generates unsightly error messages.
So it is best not to request the abstract address when it is not likely
to work.
A patch to fix this also proposes adding a define for
_PATH_RPCBINDSOCK_ABSTRACT to the header files. We can check for this
and only include the new ListenStream when that define is present.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx>
---
configure.ac | 13 ++++++++++++-
systemd/{rpcbind.socket => rpcbind.socket.in} | 1 +
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
rename systemd/{rpcbind.socket => rpcbind.socket.in} (88%)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c2069a2b3b0e..573e4fdf3a3e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -50,6 +50,17 @@ AC_SUBST([nss_modules], [$with_nss_modules])
PKG_CHECK_MODULES([TIRPC], [libtirpc])
+CPPFLAGS=$TIRPC_CFLAGS
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([for abstract socket support in libtirpc])
+AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([
+#include <rpc/rpc.h>
+],[
+char *path = _PATH_RPCBINDSOCK_ABSTRACT;
+])], [have_abstract=yes], [have_abstract=no])
+CPPFLAGS=
+AC_MSG_RESULT([$have_abstract])
+AM_CONDITIONAL(ABSTRACT, [ test "x$have_abstract" = "xyes" ])
+
PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
AC_ARG_WITH([systemdsystemunitdir],
AS_HELP_STRING([--with-systemdsystemunitdir=DIR], [Directory for systemd service files]),
@@ -76,4 +87,4 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS([nss.h])
AC_SUBST([_sbindir])
AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS_PRE([eval eval _sbindir=$sbindir])
-AC_OUTPUT([Makefile systemd/rpcbind.service])
+AC_OUTPUT([Makefile systemd/rpcbind.service systemd/rpcbind.socket])
diff --git a/systemd/rpcbind.socket b/systemd/rpcbind.socket.in
similarity index 88%
rename from systemd/rpcbind.socket
rename to systemd/rpcbind.socket.in
index 3b1a93694c21..5dd09a143e16 100644
--- a/systemd/rpcbind.socket
+++ b/systemd/rpcbind.socket.in
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Before=rpcbind.target
[Socket]
ListenStream=/run/rpcbind.sock
+@ABSTRACT_TRUE@ListenStream=@/run/rpcbind.sock
# RPC netconfig can't handle ipv6/ipv4 dual sockets
BindIPv6Only=ipv6-only
--
2.43.0
