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authorNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2011-11-24 23:45:47 -0500
committerNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2011-11-24 23:45:47 -0500
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Move disable-debugger-attachment fn to compat where it belongs. Fix whitespace
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diff --git a/src/common/compat.c b/src/common/compat.c
index 9a2c9d764b..ea95f9f085 100644
--- a/src/common/compat.c
+++ b/src/common/compat.c
@@ -58,6 +58,14 @@
#endif
#endif
+/* Includes for the process attaching prevention */
+#if defined(HAVE_SYS_PRCTL_H) && defined(__linux__)
+#include <sys/prctl.h>
+#elif defined(__APPLE__)
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/ptrace.h>
+#endif
+
#ifdef HAVE_NETDB_H
#include <netdb.h>
#endif
@@ -1519,6 +1527,57 @@ switch_id(const char *user)
#endif
}
+/* We only use the linux prctl for now. There is no Win32 support; this may
+ * also work on various BSD systems and Mac OS X - send testing feedback!
+ *
+ * On recent Gnu/Linux kernels it is possible to create a system-wide policy
+ * that will prevent non-root processes from attaching to other processes
+ * unless they are the parent process; thus gdb can attach to programs that
+ * they execute but they cannot attach to other processes running as the same
+ * user. The system wide policy may be set with the sysctl
+ * kernel.yama.ptrace_scope or by inspecting
+ * /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope and it is 1 by default on Ubuntu 11.04.
+ *
+ * This ptrace scope will be ignored on Gnu/Linux for users with
+ * CAP_SYS_PTRACE and so it is very likely that root will still be able to
+ * attach to the Tor process.
+ */
+/** Attempt to disable debugger attachment: return 0 on success, -1 on
+ * failure. */
+int
+tor_disable_debugger_attach(void)
+{
+ int r, attempted;
+ r = -1;
+ attempted = 0;
+ log_debug(LD_CONFIG,
+ "Attemping to disable debugger attachment to Tor for "
+ "unprivileged users.");
+#if defined(__linux__) && defined(HAVE_SYS_PRCTL_H) && defined(HAVE_PRCTL)
+#ifdef PR_SET_DUMPABLE
+ attempted = 1;
+ r = prctl(PR_SET_DUMPABLE, 0);
+#endif
+#endif
+#if defined(__APPLE__) && defined(PT_DENY_ATTACH)
+ if (r < 0) {
+ attempted = 1;
+ r = ptrace(PT_DENY_ATTACH, 0, 0, 0);
+ }
+#endif
+
+ // XXX: TODO - Mac OS X has dtrace and this may be disabled.
+ // XXX: TODO - Windows probably has something similar
+ if (r == 0) {
+ log_debug(LD_CONFIG,"Debugger attachment disabled for "
+ "unprivileged users.");
+ } else if (attempted) {
+ log_warn(LD_CONFIG, "Unable to disable ptrace attach: %s",
+ strerror(errno));
+ }
+ return r;
+}
+
#ifdef HAVE_PWD_H
/** Allocate and return a string containing the home directory for the
* user <b>username</b>. Only works on posix-like systems. */