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Remove misguided SSL key file ownership check in libpq.
Commits a59c795 et al. tried to sync libpq's SSL key file permissions checks with what we've used for years in the backend. We did not intend to create any new failure cases, but it turns out we did: restricting the key file's ownership breaks cases where the client is allowed to read a key file despite not having the identical UID. In particular a client running as root used to be able to read someone else's key file; and having seen that I suspect that there are other, less-dubious use cases that this restriction breaks on some platforms. We don't really need an ownership check, since if we can read the key file despite its having restricted permissions, it must have the right ownership --- under normal conditions anyway, and the point of this patch is that any additional corner cases where that works should be deemed allowable, as they have been historically. Hence, just drop the ownership check, and rearrange the permissions check to get rid of its faulty assumption that geteuid() can't be zero. (Note that the comparable backend-side code doesn't have to cater for geteuid() == 0, since the server rejects that very early on.) This does have the end result that the permissions safety check used for a root user's private key file is weaker than that used for anyone else's. While odd, root really ought to know what she's doing with file permissions, so I think this is acceptable. Per report from Yogendra Suralkar. Like the previous patch, back-patch to all supported branches. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/MW3PR15MB3931DF96896DC36D21AFD47CA3D39@MW3PR15MB3931.namprd15.prod.outlook.com
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src/backend/libpq/be-secure-common.c

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@@ -160,9 +160,10 @@ check_ssl_key_file_permissions(const char *ssl_key_file, bool isServerStart)
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* allow read access through either our gid or a supplementary gid that
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* allows us to read system-wide certificates.
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*
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* Note that similar checks are performed in
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* Note that roughly similar checks are performed in
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* src/interfaces/libpq/fe-secure-openssl.c so any changes here may need
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* to be made there as well.
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* to be made there as well. The environment is different though; this
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* code can assume that we're not running as root.
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*
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* Ideally we would do similar permissions checks on Windows, but it is
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* not clear how that would work since Unix-style permissions may not be

src/interfaces/libpq/fe-secure-openssl.c

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/*
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* Refuse to load key files owned by users other than us or root, and
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* require no public access to the key file. If the file is owned by
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* us, require mode 0600 or less. If owned by root, require 0640 or
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* less to allow read access through either our gid or a supplementary
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* gid that allows us to read system-wide certificates.
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* Refuse to load world-readable key files. We accept root-owned
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* files with mode 0640 or less, so that we can access system-wide
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* certificates if we have a supplementary group membership that
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* allows us to read 'em. For files with non-root ownership, require
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* mode 0600 or less. We need not check the file's ownership exactly;
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* if we're able to read it despite it having such restrictive
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* permissions, it must have the right ownership.
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*
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* Note that similar checks are performed in
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* Note: be very careful about tightening these rules. Some people
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* expect, for example, that a client process running as root should
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* be able to use a non-root-owned key file.
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*
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* Note that roughly similar checks are performed in
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* src/backend/libpq/be-secure-common.c so any changes here may need
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* to be made there as well.
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* to be made there as well. However, this code caters for the case
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* of current user == root, while that code does not.
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*
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* Ideally we would do similar permissions checks on Windows, but it
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* is not clear how that would work since Unix-style permissions may
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* not be available.
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*/
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#if !defined(WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
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if (buf.st_uid != geteuid() && buf.st_uid != 0)
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{
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appendPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
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libpq_gettext("private key file \"%s\" must be owned by the current user or root\n"),
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fnbuf);
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return -1;
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}
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if ((buf.st_uid == geteuid() && buf.st_mode & (S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO)) ||
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(buf.st_uid == 0 && buf.st_mode & (S_IWGRP | S_IXGRP | S_IRWXO)))
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if (buf.st_uid == 0 ?
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buf.st_mode & (S_IWGRP | S_IXGRP | S_IRWXO) :
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buf.st_mode & (S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO))
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{
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appendPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
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libpq_gettext("private key file \"%s\" has group or world access; file must have permissions u=rw (0600) or less if owned by the current user, or permissions u=rw,g=r (0640) or less if owned by root\n"),

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