On Fri, 2017-05-05 at 14:49 +0200, Vit Mojzis wrote: > access() uses real UID instead of effective UID which causes false > negative checks in setuid programs (except for F_OK which works > properly). fopen() return values are always checked, which makes > access() checks redundant. > > Fixes: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1186431 > --- > libsemanage/src/direct_api.c | 3 --- > libsemanage/src/semanage_store.c | 17 ++++++++--------- > 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/libsemanage/src/direct_api.c > b/libsemanage/src/direct_api.c > index f4b0416..dc46f8f 100644 > --- a/libsemanage/src/direct_api.c > +++ b/libsemanage/src/direct_api.c > @@ -146,9 +146,6 @@ int semanage_direct_connect(semanage_handle_t * > sh) > if (semanage_create_store(sh, 1)) > goto err; > > - if (semanage_access_check(sh) < SEMANAGE_CAN_READ) > - goto err; > - > sh->u.direct.translock_file_fd = -1; > sh->u.direct.activelock_file_fd = -1; > > diff --git a/libsemanage/src/semanage_store.c > b/libsemanage/src/semanage_store.c > index 6b75002..0a10032 100644 > --- a/libsemanage/src/semanage_store.c > +++ b/libsemanage/src/semanage_store.c > @@ -535,7 +535,6 @@ char *semanage_conf_path(void) > int semanage_create_store(semanage_handle_t * sh, int create) > { > struct stat sb; > - int mode_mask = R_OK | W_OK | X_OK; > const char *path = semanage_files[SEMANAGE_ROOT]; > int fd; > > @@ -554,9 +553,9 @@ int semanage_create_store(semanage_handle_t * sh, > int create) > return -1; > } > } else { > - if (!S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode) || access(path, mode_mask) > == -1) { > + if (!S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode)) { > ERR(sh, > - "Could not access module store at %s, or > it is not a directory.", > + "Module store at %s is not a > directory.", > path); > return -1; > } > @@ -577,9 +576,9 @@ int semanage_create_store(semanage_handle_t * sh, > int create) > return -1; > } > } else { > - if (!S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode) || access(path, mode_mask) > == -1) { > + if (!S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode)) { > ERR(sh, > - "Could not access module store active > subdirectory at %s, or it is not a directory.", > + "Module store active subdirectory at %s > is not a directory.", > path); > return -1; > } > @@ -600,9 +599,9 @@ int semanage_create_store(semanage_handle_t * sh, > int create) > return -1; > } > } else { > - if (!S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode) || access(path, mode_mask) > == -1) { > + if (!S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode)) { > ERR(sh, > - "Could not access module store active > modules subdirectory at %s, or it is not a directory.", > + "Module store active modules > subdirectory at %s is not a directory.", > path); > return -1; > } > @@ -621,8 +620,8 @@ int semanage_create_store(semanage_handle_t * sh, > int create) > return -1; > } > } else { > - if (!S_ISREG(sb.st_mode) || access(path, R_OK | > W_OK) == -1) { > - ERR(sh, "Could not access lock file at %s.", > path); > + if (!S_ISREG(sb.st_mode)) { > + ERR(sh, "Lock file at %s missing.", path);
It can't be missing or the stat() would have failed. Lock file is not a regular file? Not sure how useful these tests are though... > return -1; > } > }
