1 /* chown-core.c -- core functions for changing ownership.
2 Copyright (C) 2000-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
7 (at your option) any later version.
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
17 /* Extracted from chown.c/chgrp.c and librarified by Jim Meyering. */
21 #include <sys/types.h>
27 #include "chown-core.h"
28 #include "ignore-value.h"
29 #include "root-dev-ino.h"
32 #define FTSENT_IS_DIRECTORY(E) \
33 ((E)->fts_info == FTS_D \
34 || (E)->fts_info == FTS_DC \
35 || (E)->fts_info == FTS_DP \
36 || (E)->fts_info == FTS_DNR)
40 /* we called fchown and close, and both succeeded */
43 /* required_uid and/or required_gid are specified, but don't match */
46 /* The file was replaced by another file during the requested change. */
49 /* open/fchown isn't needed, isn't safe, or doesn't work due to
50 permissions problems; fall back on chown */
53 /* open, fstat, fchown, or close failed */
58 chopt_init (struct Chown_option
*chopt
)
60 chopt
->verbosity
= V_off
;
61 chopt
->root_dev_ino
= nullptr;
62 chopt
->affect_symlink_referent
= true;
63 chopt
->recurse
= false;
64 chopt
->force_silent
= false;
65 chopt
->user_name
= nullptr;
66 chopt
->group_name
= nullptr;
70 chopt_free (struct Chown_option
*chopt
)
72 free (chopt
->user_name
);
73 free (chopt
->group_name
);
76 /* Convert the numeric user-id, UID, to a string stored in xmalloc'd memory,
77 and return it. Use the decimal representation of the ID. */
80 uid_to_str (uid_t uid
)
82 char buf
[INT_BUFSIZE_BOUND (intmax_t)];
83 return xstrdup (TYPE_SIGNED (uid_t
) ? imaxtostr (uid
, buf
)
84 : umaxtostr (uid
, buf
));
87 /* Convert the numeric group-id, GID, to a string stored in xmalloc'd memory,
88 and return it. Use the decimal representation of the ID. */
91 gid_to_str (gid_t gid
)
93 char buf
[INT_BUFSIZE_BOUND (intmax_t)];
94 return xstrdup (TYPE_SIGNED (gid_t
) ? imaxtostr (gid
, buf
)
95 : umaxtostr (gid
, buf
));
98 /* Convert the numeric group-id, GID, to a string stored in xmalloc'd memory,
99 and return it. If there's no corresponding group name, use the decimal
100 representation of the ID. */
103 gid_to_name (gid_t gid
)
105 struct group
*grp
= getgrgid (gid
);
106 return grp
? xstrdup (grp
->gr_name
) : gid_to_str (gid
);
109 /* Convert the numeric user-id, UID, to a string stored in xmalloc'd memory,
110 and return it. If there's no corresponding user name, use the decimal
111 representation of the ID. */
114 uid_to_name (uid_t uid
)
116 struct passwd
*pwd
= getpwuid (uid
);
117 return pwd
? xstrdup (pwd
->pw_name
) : uid_to_str (uid
);
120 /* Allocate a string representing USER and GROUP. */
123 user_group_str (char const *user
, char const *group
)
125 char *spec
= nullptr;
131 spec
= xmalloc (strlen (user
) + 1 + strlen (group
) + 1);
132 stpcpy (stpcpy (stpcpy (spec
, user
), ":"), group
);
136 spec
= xstrdup (user
);
141 spec
= xstrdup (group
);
147 /* Tell the user how/if the user and group of FILE have been changed.
148 If USER is null, give the group-oriented messages.
149 CHANGED describes what (if anything) has happened. */
152 describe_change (char const *file
, enum Change_status changed
,
153 char const *old_user
, char const *old_group
,
154 char const *user
, char const *group
)
160 if (changed
== CH_NOT_APPLIED
)
162 printf (_("neither symbolic link %s nor referent has been changed\n"),
167 spec
= user_group_str (user
, group
);
168 old_spec
= user_group_str (user
? old_user
: nullptr,
169 group
? old_group
: nullptr);
174 fmt
= (user
? _("changed ownership of %s from %s to %s\n")
175 : group
? _("changed group of %s from %s to %s\n")
176 : _("no change to ownership of %s\n"));
181 fmt
= (user
? _("failed to change ownership of %s from %s to %s\n")
182 : group
? _("failed to change group of %s from %s to %s\n")
183 : _("failed to change ownership of %s\n"));
187 fmt
= (user
? _("failed to change ownership of %s to %s\n")
188 : group
? _("failed to change group of %s to %s\n")
189 : _("failed to change ownership of %s\n"));
195 case CH_NO_CHANGE_REQUESTED
:
196 fmt
= (user
? _("ownership of %s retained as %s\n")
197 : group
? _("group of %s retained as %s\n")
198 : _("ownership of %s retained\n"));
204 printf (fmt
, quoteaf (file
), old_spec
, spec
);
210 /* Change the owner and/or group of the FILE to UID and/or GID (safely)
211 only if REQUIRED_UID and REQUIRED_GID match the owner and group IDs
212 of FILE. ORIG_ST must be the result of 'stat'ing FILE.
214 The 'safely' part above means that we can't simply use chown(2),
215 since FILE might be replaced with some other file between the time
216 of the preceding stat/lstat and this chown call. So here we open
217 FILE and do everything else via the resulting file descriptor.
218 We first call fstat and verify that the dev/inode match those from
219 the preceding stat call, and only then, if appropriate (given the
220 required_uid and required_gid constraints) do we call fchown.
222 Return RC_do_ordinary_chown if we can't open FILE, or if FILE is a
223 special file that might have undesirable side effects when opening.
224 In this case the caller can use the less-safe ordinary chown.
226 Return one of the RCH_status values. */
228 static enum RCH_status
229 restricted_chown (int cwd_fd
, char const *file
,
230 struct stat
const *orig_st
,
231 uid_t uid
, gid_t gid
,
232 uid_t required_uid
, gid_t required_gid
)
234 enum RCH_status status
= RC_ok
;
236 int open_flags
= O_NONBLOCK
| O_NOCTTY
;
239 if (required_uid
== (uid_t
) -1 && required_gid
== (gid_t
) -1)
240 return RC_do_ordinary_chown
;
242 if (! S_ISREG (orig_st
->st_mode
))
244 if (S_ISDIR (orig_st
->st_mode
))
245 open_flags
|= O_DIRECTORY
;
247 return RC_do_ordinary_chown
;
250 fd
= openat (cwd_fd
, file
, O_RDONLY
| open_flags
);
252 || (errno
== EACCES
&& S_ISREG (orig_st
->st_mode
)
253 && 0 <= (fd
= openat (cwd_fd
, file
, O_WRONLY
| open_flags
)))))
254 return (errno
== EACCES
? RC_do_ordinary_chown
: RC_error
);
256 if (fstat (fd
, &st
) != 0)
258 else if (! psame_inode (orig_st
, &st
))
259 status
= RC_inode_changed
;
260 else if ((required_uid
== (uid_t
) -1 || required_uid
== st
.st_uid
)
261 && (required_gid
== (gid_t
) -1 || required_gid
== st
.st_gid
))
264 if (fchown (fd
, uid
, gid
) == 0)
265 return close (fd
) < 0 ? RC_error
: RC_ok
;
270 int saved_errno
= errno
;
276 /* Change the owner and/or group of the file specified by FTS and ENT
277 to UID and/or GID as appropriate.
278 If REQUIRED_UID is not -1, then skip files with any other user ID.
279 If REQUIRED_GID is not -1, then skip files with any other group ID.
280 CHOPT specifies additional options.
281 Return true if successful. */
283 change_file_owner (FTS
*fts
, FTSENT
*ent
,
284 uid_t uid
, gid_t gid
,
285 uid_t required_uid
, gid_t required_gid
,
286 struct Chown_option
const *chopt
)
288 char const *file_full_name
= ent
->fts_path
;
289 char const *file
= ent
->fts_accpath
;
290 struct stat
const *file_stats
;
291 struct stat stat_buf
;
294 bool symlink_changed
= true;
296 switch (ent
->fts_info
)
301 if (ROOT_DEV_INO_CHECK (chopt
->root_dev_ino
, ent
->fts_statp
))
303 /* This happens e.g., with "chown -R --preserve-root 0 /"
304 and with "chown -RH --preserve-root 0 symlink-to-root". */
305 ROOT_DEV_INO_WARN (file_full_name
);
306 /* Tell fts not to traverse into this hierarchy. */
307 fts_set (fts
, ent
, FTS_SKIP
);
308 /* Ensure that we do not process "/" on the second visit. */
309 ignore_value (fts_read (fts
));
317 if (! chopt
->recurse
)
322 /* For a top-level file or directory, this FTS_NS (stat failed)
323 indicator is determined at the time of the initial fts_open call.
324 With programs like chmod, chown, and chgrp, that modify
325 permissions, it is possible that the file in question is
326 accessible when control reaches this point. So, if this is
327 the first time we've seen the FTS_NS for this file, tell
328 fts_read to stat it "again". */
329 if (ent
->fts_level
== 0 && ent
->fts_number
== 0)
332 fts_set (fts
, ent
, FTS_AGAIN
);
335 if (! chopt
->force_silent
)
336 error (0, ent
->fts_errno
, _("cannot access %s"),
337 quoteaf (file_full_name
));
342 if (! chopt
->force_silent
)
343 error (0, ent
->fts_errno
, "%s", quotef (file_full_name
));
348 if (! chopt
->force_silent
)
349 error (0, ent
->fts_errno
, _("cannot read directory %s"),
350 quoteaf (file_full_name
));
354 case FTS_DC
: /* directory that causes cycles */
355 if (cycle_warning_required (fts
, ent
))
357 emit_cycle_warning (file_full_name
);
369 file_stats
= nullptr;
371 else if (required_uid
== (uid_t
) -1 && required_gid
== (gid_t
) -1
372 && chopt
->verbosity
== V_off
373 && ! chopt
->root_dev_ino
374 && ! chopt
->affect_symlink_referent
)
377 file_stats
= ent
->fts_statp
;
381 file_stats
= ent
->fts_statp
;
383 /* If this is a symlink and we're dereferencing them,
384 stat it to get info on the referent. */
385 if (chopt
->affect_symlink_referent
&& S_ISLNK (file_stats
->st_mode
))
387 if (fstatat (fts
->fts_cwd_fd
, file
, &stat_buf
, 0) != 0)
389 if (! chopt
->force_silent
)
390 error (0, errno
, _("cannot dereference %s"),
391 quoteaf (file_full_name
));
395 file_stats
= &stat_buf
;
399 && (required_uid
== (uid_t
) -1
400 || required_uid
== file_stats
->st_uid
)
401 && (required_gid
== (gid_t
) -1
402 || required_gid
== file_stats
->st_gid
));
405 /* This happens when chown -LR --preserve-root encounters a symlink-to-/. */
407 && FTSENT_IS_DIRECTORY (ent
)
408 && ROOT_DEV_INO_CHECK (chopt
->root_dev_ino
, file_stats
))
410 ROOT_DEV_INO_WARN (file_full_name
);
416 if ( ! chopt
->affect_symlink_referent
)
418 ok
= (lchownat (fts
->fts_cwd_fd
, file
, uid
, gid
) == 0);
420 /* Ignore any error due to lack of support; POSIX requires
421 this behavior for top-level symbolic links with -h, and
422 implies that it's required for all symbolic links. */
423 if (!ok
&& is_ENOTSUP (errno
))
426 symlink_changed
= false;
431 /* If possible, avoid a race condition with --from=O:G and without the
432 (-h) --no-dereference option. If fts's stat call determined
433 that the uid/gid of FILE matched the --from=O:G-selected
434 owner and group IDs, blindly using chown(2) here could lead
435 chown(1) or chgrp(1) mistakenly to dereference a *symlink*
436 to an arbitrary file that an attacker had moved into the
437 place of FILE during the window between the stat and
438 chown(2) calls. If FILE is a regular file or a directory
439 that can be opened, this race condition can be avoided safely. */
442 = restricted_chown (fts
->fts_cwd_fd
, file
, file_stats
, uid
, gid
,
443 required_uid
, required_gid
);
449 case RC_do_ordinary_chown
:
450 ok
= (chownat (fts
->fts_cwd_fd
, file
, uid
, gid
) == 0);
457 case RC_inode_changed
:
458 /* FIXME: give a diagnostic in this case? */
469 /* On some systems (e.g., GNU/Linux 2.4.x),
470 the chown function resets the 'special' permission bits.
471 Do *not* restore those bits; doing so would open a window in
472 which a malicious user, M, could subvert a chown command run
473 by some other user and operating on files in a directory
474 where M has write access. */
476 if (do_chown
&& !ok
&& ! chopt
->force_silent
)
477 error (0, errno
, (uid
!= (uid_t
) -1
478 ? _("changing ownership of %s")
479 : _("changing group of %s")),
480 quoteaf (file_full_name
));
483 if (chopt
->verbosity
!= V_off
)
486 ((do_chown
&& ok
&& symlink_changed
)
487 && ! ((uid
== (uid_t
) -1 || uid
== file_stats
->st_uid
)
488 && (gid
== (gid_t
) -1 || gid
== file_stats
->st_gid
)));
490 if (changed
|| chopt
->verbosity
== V_high
)
492 enum Change_status ch_status
=
494 : !symlink_changed
? CH_NOT_APPLIED
495 : !changed
? CH_NO_CHANGE_REQUESTED
497 char *old_usr
= (file_stats
498 ? uid_to_name (file_stats
->st_uid
) : nullptr);
499 char *old_grp
= (file_stats
500 ? gid_to_name (file_stats
->st_gid
) : nullptr);
501 char *new_usr
= chopt
->user_name
502 ? chopt
->user_name
: uid
!= -1
503 ? uid_to_str (uid
) : nullptr;
504 char *new_grp
= chopt
->group_name
505 ? chopt
->group_name
: gid
!= -1
506 ? gid_to_str (gid
) : nullptr;
507 describe_change (file_full_name
, ch_status
,
512 if (new_usr
!= chopt
->user_name
)
514 if (new_grp
!= chopt
->group_name
)
519 if ( ! chopt
->recurse
)
520 fts_set (fts
, ent
, FTS_SKIP
);
525 /* Change the owner and/or group of the specified FILES.
526 BIT_FLAGS specifies how to treat each symlink-to-directory
527 that is encountered during a recursive traversal.
528 CHOPT specifies additional options.
529 If UID is not -1, then change the owner id of each file to UID.
530 If GID is not -1, then change the group id of each file to GID.
531 If REQUIRED_UID and/or REQUIRED_GID is not -1, then change only
532 files with user ID and group ID that match the non-(-1) value(s).
533 Return true if successful. */
535 chown_files (char **files
, int bit_flags
,
536 uid_t uid
, gid_t gid
,
537 uid_t required_uid
, gid_t required_gid
,
538 struct Chown_option
const *chopt
)
542 /* Use lstat and stat only if they're needed. */
543 int stat_flags
= ((required_uid
!= (uid_t
) -1 || required_gid
!= (gid_t
) -1
544 || chopt
->affect_symlink_referent
545 || chopt
->verbosity
!= V_off
)
549 FTS
*fts
= xfts_open (files
, bit_flags
| stat_flags
, nullptr);
555 ent
= fts_read (fts
);
560 /* FIXME: try to give a better message */
561 if (! chopt
->force_silent
)
562 error (0, errno
, _("fts_read failed"));
568 ok
&= change_file_owner (fts
, ent
, uid
, gid
,
569 required_uid
, required_gid
, chopt
);
572 if (fts_close (fts
) != 0)
574 error (0, errno
, _("fts_close failed"));