Re: [PATCH nft] main: _exit() if setuid

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On Sun, Oct 17, 2021 at 12:56:23AM +0200, Florian Westphal wrote:
> Apparently some people think its a good idea to make nft setuid so
> unrivilged users can change settings.
> 
> "nft -f /etc/shadow" is just one example of why this is a bad idea.
> Disable this.  Do not print anything, fd cannot be trusted.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  src/main.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
> index 21096fc7398b..5847fc4ad514 100644
> --- a/src/main.c
> +++ b/src/main.c
> @@ -363,6 +363,10 @@ int main(int argc, char * const *argv)
>  	unsigned int len;
>  	int i, val, rc;
>  
> +	/* nftables cannot be used with setuid in a safe way. */
> +	if (getuid() != geteuid())
> +		_exit(111);

Applications using libnftables would still face the same issue.

>  	if (!nft_options_check(argc, argv))
>  		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
>  
> -- 
> 2.31.1
> 



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