Re: [libvirt] [PATCH 9/9] remote: pass identity across to newly opened daemons

On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 05:13:09PM +0200, Michal Privoznik wrote: > On 9/5/19 1:56 PM, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: >> When opening a connection to a second driver inside the daemon, we must >> ensure the identity of the current user is passed across. This allows >> the second daemon to perform access control checks against the real end >> users, instead of against the libvirt daemon that's proxying across the >> API calls. >> >> Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange(a)redhat.com&gt; >> --- >> src/libvirt_remote.syms | 1 + >> src/remote/remote_daemon_dispatch.c | 112 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--- >> src/remote/remote_driver.c | 1 + >> src/remote/remote_protocol.x | 16 +++- >> src/remote_protocol-structs | 8 ++ >> src/rpc/virnetserverclient.c | 12 +++ >> src/rpc/virnetserverclient.h | 2 + >> 7 files changed, 139 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) >> > > >> /* Define the program number, protocol version and procedure numbers here. */ >> @@ -6603,5 +6611,11 @@ enum remote_procedure { >> * @generate: none >> * @acl: domain:write >> */ >> - REMOTE_PROC_DOMAIN_GET_GUEST_INFO = 418 >> + REMOTE_PROC_DOMAIN_GET_GUEST_INFO = 418, >> + >> + /** >> + * @generate: client >> + * @acl: connect:write >> + */ >> + REMOTE_PROC_CONNECT_SET_IDENTITY = 419 > > IIUC, the only thing that stops a malicious user from switching identity is > that they have write access on the opened connection? We consider 'write' access as equivalent to root shell access, but perhaps there is none the less value in having an explicit permission bit for this operation.

> Because on one hand we want secondary daemons to accept identity switches > from the proxy daemon, but at the same time we don't want users to do that. In an out of the box config with no ACLs defined in polkit, this will correctly operate. the proxy will get approved by default since it is runnig root & thus polkit grants access regardless. Everything else is denied by default. If polkit is not enabled, then the user can invoke this RPC, but of course without polkit your privileges are again eqiuv to root.